Criminal Background Check

[legalbattles]

What is the name of your state? NJ

Can someone run a criminal background check on you based on your birth date and name only?

Better yet, and if that's possible (I have a feeling it is, since a cop can do that when he pulls you over), why is it that one time I had a state wide background check performed and it came back clear and some other time a misdeameanor (theft) charge showed up? Are there different sources for running it or is it a matter of someone physically going down to a local court and looking up the misd. record? Please help.

 

[cbg]

Not all background checks are created equal. How much shows up depends on how thorough the party running the check wants to be.