My friend has a restraining order that expired 2 yrs ago. Now, he is searching for a higher education tutor job. His lawyer told him, he was not charged or convicted of any crime. Will this show in a background check (CORI)?
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The short answer is Yes. It should show up in the records of the court that issued the Restraing order(now in Colorado it is called a "Protection Order"). Since court records (other than certain civil family law and juvenile matters) are private (limited access may be granted under certain circumstances - too elaborate to write in this answer) are public records they would show up in any reasonably good background check. Note background checks are state specific or nationwide (the latter are more expensive). Although, he was not charged or convicted it will be on the court record that a restraining order was issued against him.
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The Iyer Law Office, thank you for your response. We waited for 2 weeks!! Now, what do you advice we do considering that my friend is positive about getting this higher education job, but with this order? Will it show the details? What should he do? Note this order expired over 2 years ago! Thank you!
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Yep, it'll show up. As for the "what should we do" part, he should disclose it to his employer. Generally, things that show up on background checks aren't the death knell for job applicants, but they *do* become the death knell if the applicant doesn't disclose something that shows up on the background check. On top of that, he gets to explain the circumstances of the restraining order.
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