> People convicted under the old law can petition a court to be removed from the offender list. No, listing is permanent. The background check companies never

> People convicted under the old law can petition a court to be removed from the offender list. No, listing is permanent. The background check companies never remove anything from their databases. In fact having a court purge an old conviction may make your life worse, since there is no longer an official record of the insignificance of the crime, just a private database that says CRIMINAL, CRIMINAL!