When requesting a criminal history record, you typically place "Attention: Criminal Records Division" or a similar designation in the attention field. This ensures that your request is directed to the appropriate department handling these records. Additionally, you may include any relevant reference numbers or case identifiers to facilitate processing. Always check the specific requirements of the agency you're contacting for any particular instructions.
It's as simple as going to your local law enforcement agency and requesting a copy of your own criminal history record. At the most it will only cost you a small administrative fee.
These are public records and are available to anyone who requests them and, of course, the employers can always require that YOU provide them with a copy of your own criminal record just as many employers do when requesting driving reciords.
Which record? What record? Any criminal record you may have had as a juvenile is automatically sealed when you turn 18. If you are an adult you can petition the court to have a particular charge "expunged" from your adult criminal record but you must present VERY good reason to the court for requesting it, and even then your request might not be granted. Drivers history, no.
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.
... 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.
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.
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.
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."