Does my record get cleared when I turn 18? NJ?

4 years ago, I got involved with a group of the wrong kids. They went car-hopping (opening door handles and basically stealing stuff). They didn't take much, but we were all arrested. Because I was only walking with them and was not actually participating in the act, I had my charges dropped, while some of the others were charged.





When my charges are dropped, does that mean I did not receive a misdemeanor of felony conviction? Have I actually committed a crime then? Do they have a record of my arrest? Will this record, if it exists, be cleared when I turn 18? I'm a bit clueless about it. Any information will help.





Thanks all.Does my record get cleared when I turn 18? NJ?
Because the charges were dropped, you do not have a record of conviction and you probably will never have to admit to having been arrested because the charges were dropped.





A girl I know who is 24 at the moment had been wrongfully arrested when she was 17 years old for shoplifting but she was let go instead of being place in a jail cell and no criminal charges were filed because the store videotape indicated that she didn't do the crime at all.





She once wrote about her wrongful arrest on a job application but she was told by her family that she did not ever have to do this because she never got convicted of any crime.Does my record get cleared when I turn 18? NJ?
Juvenile charges(records)generally are sealed. However they are accessible to certain agencies. More agencies are able to get to them these days. A court order can also access them. If the charges were dropped then you were not convicted of those charges. You do however have an arrest record(sealed) if you were processed (photos,finger printed and paperwork completed).Most employers do not inquire about this,UNLESS they are an agency that can get to the records. Go to your state statutes on-line and research in the CRIMINAL Records statutes and see what you learn(some states do destroy the juvenile records). I think that if you were to try to get a job with one of those agencies, ie, Police Dept.(that inquire about JUVENILE RECORDS), you better be honest(unless your state destroys thier juvenile records). If the question is(from private sector employer) ';have you been arrested or convicted of a crime'; which is what most of them ask, then your answer is ';no';(except for possibly agencies listed in your state that have access to the juvenile records)ie,health employers, schools etc. in some states. You may see about an expungement of that record incident(lawyer involved). Obviously the Police or Prosecutor felt that there was not enough ';probable cause'; to proceed with (your) case. I would really research this because I had a friend at the Sherffs Dept. basically tell on himself when he applied to the police academy(for a minor in possession of alcohol charge), only to find out later that he did not have to put that on his application. His arrest(affirmation) was then part of his personnel file for the rest of his career. For most folks the answer is a flat out ';no';. Only you know if you committed the crime, because as far as the state is concerned it believed (initially) that you had, but realized it lacked evidence and that is most likely why the charge (or charges) was dismissed.Dont worry too much, your not a ';real criminal'; at this point. Dont even try that kind of stuff after 18! You are fair game then. Hope this helped.
im so sorry but i think it will be on your papers or whatever forever

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