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    ravencantrell Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Apr 21, 2011, 01:44 PM
    If I didn't get arrested, will a misdemeanor show up on a background check?
    In December of '09 I was caught smoking pot outside. I was never arrested, but given a "misdemeanor citation." I had to go to court and was put on probation. I live in Tennessee. I am applying for an apartment and they run a background check. Would this show up, since I was never arrested?
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    Apr 21, 2011, 01:51 PM

    A misdemeanor citation IS an arrest. You could have been taken to jail or given a citation to appear in Court at a later date.

    You can't be put on probation unless you are arrested and either found guilty or plead guilty.

    I do background checks - in NY. This WOULD appear in NY.
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