Criminal Records, Expungement Felony and concealed weapons permit?

[ieraseu]

I was convicted of a felony in the past, however very recently the the felony has been reduced to a misdemeanor and expunged. The original felony and expungement occurred in the state of CA; I currently reside in FL. Since the expungement happened very recently, am I now clear as far as the FBI felony database (and therefore eligible to apply for a concealed weapons permit), or does it take a certain amount of time for the database to be updated. I would not like to be rejected because of a felony which has now been expunged. Thank you in advance for your help.

 

[seniorjudge]

What did the FBI say when you asked them your question?

(Do you really think anyone here knows about how often the FBI databases are updated?)

 

[ieraseu]

Thank you for your response. Actually I was kind of hoping someone did know, but in fact I was able to find out by making a few phone calls. In case anyone else was wondering this as well, the answer they gave me was 'about 2 weeks', so it's a fairly quick procedure. Thank you again.

 

[CdwJava]

It is not the FBI database you should be concerned with, it is the CA database. Criminal offender records are maintaiend by the state of conviction - not all these records are sent to the FBI, so that is not the best clearinghouse for information.

Call the FDLE and ask them your questions.

- Carl