What is the name of your state? Texas (Bandera County)
March of 2006, I was 18 at the time, about to turn 19. I received an MIC (minor in consumption) during a party out in Bandera. The party got raided, and after the officers took down our information, they let us go. A month and a half later, I received a letter from a lawyer in Bandera (I'm from a different city nearby). The letter said I received an MIC from Bandera and I was to be placed on a Pre-trial Diversion. This was my first time, and the pre-trial diversion agreement had me do 16 hours of community service, take a VIP or AA class, and pay a $100 pretrial diversion fine. I had 3 months to complete all this. If I were to behave accordingly to the pretrial diversion agreement, and do all that was described, my MIC charges would be dismissed. Therefore, I did what I was told and mailed off everything to prove that I completed the pretrial diversion. The law office said I was clear and my MIC was dismissed.
My main concern is what does the world "dismissal" mean? Is it OFF my record for good? Or is it still present on my record but has a big red "DISMISSED" stamped next to the charges? Only reason I'm asking is because I'm applying for jobs and they ask me if I've ever been on a pretrial diversion. I'm not clearly sure if I should put yes or no since my MIC was "dismissed". I don't want to put no and when they give me a criminal background check, they see a MIC charge on there (even though it was dismissed).
Thank you
March of 2006, I was 18 at the time, about to turn 19. I received an MIC (minor in consumption) during a party out in Bandera. The party got raided, and after the officers took down our information, they let us go. A month and a half later, I received a letter from a lawyer in Bandera (I'm from a different city nearby). The letter said I received an MIC from Bandera and I was to be placed on a Pre-trial Diversion. This was my first time, and the pre-trial diversion agreement had me do 16 hours of community service, take a VIP or AA class, and pay a $100 pretrial diversion fine. I had 3 months to complete all this. If I were to behave accordingly to the pretrial diversion agreement, and do all that was described, my MIC charges would be dismissed. Therefore, I did what I was told and mailed off everything to prove that I completed the pretrial diversion. The law office said I was clear and my MIC was dismissed.
My main concern is what does the world "dismissal" mean? Is it OFF my record for good? Or is it still present on my record but has a big red "DISMISSED" stamped next to the charges? Only reason I'm asking is because I'm applying for jobs and they ask me if I've ever been on a pretrial diversion. I'm not clearly sure if I should put yes or no since my MIC was "dismissed". I don't want to put no and when they give me a criminal background check, they see a MIC charge on there (even though it was dismissed).
Thank you