Expungements

Once you are arrested, you gain a criminal record that follows you just about everywhere— even if you were never actually convicted of a crime. Prospective employers, insurance companies, landlords, adoption agencies, and prospective creditors can all access these records. But after an expungement, you need never mention expunged matters again on your employment, credit, or other applications.

An expungement is the removal and isolation of all records on file within any court, detention or correctional facility, law enforcement, criminal justice agency or juvenile justice agency concerning a person's apprehension, arrest, detention, trial or disposition of an offense within the criminal or juvenile justice system. Unless otherwise provided by law, if an order for expungement is granted, the adult arrest, the record of law enforcement taking you into custody as a juvenile, conviction, adjudication of delinquency, disposition and any related proceedings are considered not to have occurred.

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