Getting Your Adult Criminal Record Expunged

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As we’ve represented many clients who’ve been charged with many criminal cases, we get this question all the time. Once I’m done with my criminal case, whether we plea out or whether I’m acquitted or whether they’ve dismissed the charges or anything like that, what will happen? Will we be able to get that sealed or expunged? Throughout the years we’ve represented many different clients who’ve had many different cases ranging from DUIs, ranging from petty thefts, grand thefts, batteries, you name it. Any type of criminal case we’ve represented, so they all have different levels of whether or not you can get them expunged or sealed. Some cases can be sealed. Some cases can be expunged. Everything is dictated and set forth by Florida statute. There’s a long, lengthy list of cases that can be sealed, cases that can’t be sealed.

Now, there has to be an important distinction There’s a difference between getting a case expunged and getting a case sealed. Usually, you have to meet certain requirements for the expungement as opposed to different requirements for the record sealing, but without going into the many numerous crimes which can be several crimes in nature, generally, crimes such as violent crimes or crimes – sexual-related crimes or significant drug offenses or serious felonies are ones that will not allow you to expunge or seal your record. If that’s the case, it really depends on your particular arrest, your particular conviction. There are many different things that go into determining whether or not your particular criminal case and how it was resolved will be able to be expunged or sealed.

The best thing we can recommend is to call your attorney, call an attorney, visit our website, call me. We can answer any questions. We can go over the particular facts of your case, the particular resolution of your case, how long ago it happened to determine first whether or not you qualify. That’s something only an experienced attorney in sealing and expungements will be able to answer for you, so it is critical if you want to move forward with your life, make sure that some past indiscretion is gone forever, then contact a Victory Law Firm. We can walk you through it. We can help you out with this process. If you have any other questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out.