Does an Expungement guarantee that nobody can find out about my background?
No. ORS 137.225 only requires a public agency to seal their records of arrests and convictions that have been set aside. Some private databases may have copies of public records that have not been updated to reflect expungements. If a company maintains a database of an expunged matter, a request should be made to the database holder to remove the expunged record or face a civil lawsuit. The only problem is that it may be difficult to bring a civil lawsuit against a database holder outside of the country. Additionally, a secondary source may argue that no court order has required them to seal their record. Regardless, I would likely recommend filing a lawsuit against any Oregon company that continued to display a conviction record that had been expunged, provided that one could show how they were damaged.
