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He had no criminal record.
Your criminal record is your history of criminal activity. Your history is ALWAYS there and does not "go away" unless it is legally expunged.
No, your driving record, unlike your criminal record, is a never-changing history of your entire driving history from the very first time you ever got your license right up to the present time.
... a permanent record of the fact in their criminal history record.
If you never appeared in court and officially "charged" with an offense, there can be no criminal history record of a conviction.
The small administrative charge for obtaining a criminal history record is usually very minor - in my experience - about the cost of a pack of cigarettes.
If you are referring to a dismissal of a criminal charge - the record of your arrest and the charge will always appear on your criminal history record AND ALSO the fact that the charge was dismissed.
Criminal charges ALWAYS remain on your criminal record. That's why they call it a 'record.' It is a compendium of your entire criminal history.
An adult criminal history is a permanent record.
If the record is valid it cannot be expunged, it is a permanent part of the person's criminal history.
Your adult criminal record is a permanent party of your criminal history. It does not "go away."
If you are the one who was charged with it, yes, it will be on your criminal history record.