Anyone know how to have info on a tenant background check removed

[rsmith6621]

Just found out I am a FELON in 5 different states(SURPRISE TO ME) while a prospective landlord ran a background report. How do I get this removed.

I hope my truthful denial of this received as a profile mistake and the landlord didn't choose another tenant before my explanation.

If not do I have grounds for a lawsuit against the reporting agency?

[In_The_Wind]

1. Holy shit! Call a lawyer tomorrow.

[MiddleFingerMom]

2. That same mistake had me looking down the barrels of 5 shotguns held by...

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... some very nervous police officers. When the lone female officer stopped to check out
what I was doing after closing hours in a bar parking lot (I was night manager and locking
up), all I could find for ID was a credit card with no photo of me).
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She thanked me and let me go, wishing me well.
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She pulled me over 2 miles down the road in a Dunkin Donuts parking lot (yes, I know how
funny that was) and, while I was getting out of the car, 4 more cars squealed into the lot
and out came the shotguns and shouted commands.
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Turns out there was someone with my same name wanted for bank robbery and attempted
murder. I hunted further and found an old military picture ID with my social security number
on it in a hidden pocket in my wallet and they could determine that I was I and not he.
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You'll be happy to know that your intrepid MFM faced those 5 nervous shotguns in his face
without soiling himself and without screaming like a little girl.
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Much.
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Seriously!!!
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[Chan790]

4. I've had that same problem.

Not the shotguns per-say, but I've had about a good dozen sorts of incidents like this one...except that I know the person they're looking for.

He's my biological father...and of all the curses and misfortunes he's visited upon me, none has been as troublesome as his name. He's a junior and I'm a III...the one thing that makes it easy to straighten out when we've been confused is his arrest record starts before I was born. For some reason our records got merged one time and it's been an issue ever since that every 2-3 years the merged record that says I've been a habitual outlaw since 1977 pops-up with my 1979 DOB.

[loli phabay]

3. first thing is find out if the info is correct that you gave to the landlord, if it is check to see

if someone has the same name and dob, get descriptors checked on the felony charges to see if they fit you, third mayby someone has been using your identification. what are the felonies, are they in states you have lived in etc etc.

[rsmith6621]

5. The landord

Has the right information. My credit pulls fine it is just the criminal section. I just wonder if this might have affected a couple off job opportunity's I had interviewed for.

SCAREY STUFF.

[LisaL]

7. If you come up as a felon, that for sure could affect job opportunities.

[loli phabay]

9. go to stage two, contact the jurisdiction where the felonies are and find out why they name you

also make sure no outstanding warrants.

[IrishAyes]

6. My deepest sympathies to all of you so affected. Sue if you can.

Before I escaped Arizona, I notified the county sheriffs dept about a dead body I saw on the road. They wanted me to finger their favorite suspect despite the true fact that I knew absolutely nothing about the event. So they started following me around, stopping me every time I drove the 35 miles to work 'just to check on my safety.'

I had a small off grid horse ranch at the end of a 5-mile dirt road. It was almost entirely surrounded by state land, so you could hardly get any more remote. One evening a deputy decided to 'check on my safety' at about 2 a.m. The chows woke me up with their barking, of course, and when I peeked out the window all I could see was the car parked outside my locked gate.

But I still followed country life protocol when I opened the door to check the porch before stepping out. I only opened it a little way because in my right hand, held behind me out of sight, I was holding my pistol. You just don't dash straight out in such a situation.

That was the first time I'd ever had that damned cop spotlight blind me. Since mentally I'd expected the LEO to be somewhere outside my gate with his car, it scared the living hell out of me. I jumped back in the house, slammed and locked the door, and screamed "GET OUT OF HERE BEFORE I BLOW YOUR FOOL HEAD OFF!" as I would've to any intruder.

Not exactly an ideal response. The guy THEN announced himself and said if I didn't open the door he'd break it down. I convinced him to wait at least until I could call 911 and verify he wasn't an imposter. He was theirs and I had to let him in because they said a SWAT team was on the way. I hid my gun in a drawer before opening the door again. When the deputy came in, he demanded to see my ID (even though he'd stopped me on the highway several times and knew who I was). He ordered me to put the dogs away but I refused because I was afraid he'd shoot me if he thought he could get away with it. He nosed around the house about 15 minutes before finally leaving.

Of course I went to the state Attorney about this, and of course nothing came of it except the sheriff's department doubled down. Couldn't even find a private lawyer to do anything. They all knew they'd get it too if they helped me. I never was so glad to leave a godforsaken place in my entire life.

[loli phabay]

8. cool story,

[IrishAyes]

10. Define cool. I nearly peed myself.

[JesterCS]

11. this is why I'm glad

I have an unusual last name. Scheidt.

=P