I had my criminal record cleared when I turned 18? Do fingerprints apply?

I was arrested when I was 17, and I had my record cleared when I was 18 so no jobs could see my background/arrest. I can not remember if they took my fingerprints at the Youth Center I stayed at. I remember a mugshot, so I probably had fingerprints done as well. When my record is cleared, does that mean my fingerprints are cleared too? I realize if I was over 18 my record could not be cleared, but I was 17 and I lucked out. I know as a fact my background check is good, and nothing shows up.. but this job requires me to be fingerprinted too. I'd assume yes, fingerprints were cleared too, and I'll now be starting from scratch?


I live in Nebraska, if that changes anything.I had my criminal record cleared when I turned 18? Do fingerprints apply?
Your fingerprints stay the same when you turn 18. They will remain in the system. If you commit another crime, and they find fingerprints, you will turn up in a search. It has nothing to do with employment or background checks. Storing fingerprints/DNA information is about catching criminals.I had my criminal record cleared when I turned 18? Do fingerprints apply?
No, they will keep the fingerprints, mugshots, any DNA collected. The only thing they clean is your record on your background check normally. However, if you were to do something else illegal, the records are sealed and they can't say in court that when you were 17 you did this, this, and that.
Sorry but just because job employers cant see it doesnt mean that the police forgot, ALL of your records are stored and you are officially ';in the system.'; Your fingerprints cannot be thrown away because they are automatically thrown into a computer program called AFIS (Automatic FIngerprint Identification System), they are there literally for as long as the system exists, even after your death. It is highly unlikely though that your employer has access to AFIS, they are probably taking your prints for security reasons, for example people who work with children are all printed just incase one of them does something and runs off with his prints they can definately identify him, just incase he gave a false identity, but your criminal past, as far as the police and federal government is concerned, never disapears.
I'm not sure of what exactly the status of your record is so I can't tell you definitively what information is public. From what I've read, unless your record has been completely expunged, some information may still come up depending on the thoroughness of your employer's background check. On the topic of fingerprints, chances are those have been kept within a law enforcement database but I don't know whether or not those are available to the public.





I linked my sources so hopefully you can find out what information directly applies to your case. Hopefully that kinda helped!