Legal Question in Criminal Law in California

You should contact the lawyer you hired to handle the case and ask his office. They should not charge you to answer the question.

The information you have provided does not make a lot sense. It sounds like you were issued a ticket for reckless operation of a boat on the waterways of some type. It also sounds like your attorney went to court and pled it down to a lesser offense. So it basically sounds like an infraction and that you probably were not arrested. However, from the information you've provided it is impossible to give you an accurate answer. In order for you to get information you can rely on you need to either contact the attorney who handled the case for you or run a live scan on yourself through the Department of Justice.

If you would like to contact my office about the situation feel free to contact us through our web site at www.brianmcginitylaw.com .

Good luck

A citation IS an arrest, simply without actual 'booking'. that is on your record forever. But, since it was dismissed, there is no conviction on your record of that charge

Sounds like your lawyer negotiated a plea bargain for a non criminal infraction, a decent deal.

Listed as an "arrest" where? Employers in California are not legally permitted to ask employees and prospective employees about arrests.