Convictions will not necessarily be a bar of employment. Factors such as age at the time of the offense, date of the offense, seriousness and nature of the violation, and rehabilitation may be taken into account.
In answering this question, you need NOT report the following:
1. Arrests not followed by convictions;
2. Convictions which were annulled or expunged;
3. Offenses for which you were tried as a minor or juvenile;
4. Convictions of offenses punishable by fine only (You must report any convictions that could have resulted in a jail sentence even if your sentence was only a fine. If you are in doubt, please answer "Yes" and explain in the following question #16.); and
5. Convictions of which a period of 10 years has elapsed since the date of the sentence was fulfilled and during which elapsed time there has NOT BEEN any subsuequent arrest or conviction.
What you MUST report:
1. State, out-of-state, federal, military, international, and other convictions; and
2. Convictions of FELONY and MISDEMEANOR offenses (including PETTY MISDEMEANOR, DUI, CONTEMPT OF COURT, etc.)
Have you been convicted of a violation of law?