What is an expungement?  The police keep a record of all arrests and convictions, even if your arrest occurred 25 or 35 years prior. Your arrest record could potentially be open to anyone, including employers, licensing boards, schools and credit agencies. Many states allow anybody to request a persons criminal record from the police, and even arrests where you may have been found not guilty.

Expunging your record or expungement of your criminal history involves the sealing or erasure of police and court records of your criminal conviction and arrest from public inspection in the eyes of the law. 

Allowing access to your old criminal arrest record tends to open the door for discrimination against you even though you are now a productive, respected, and law abiding citizen. As a result, under certain circumstances, you may be able to have old arrests or convictions erased from public and police records.

Once your record has been expunged, you can legally state for the purpose of potential employment, education or professional licensure that you were never convicted of a crime and you may also be able to state that you have never been arrested. The conviction will not even show up when a government agency conducts a background search of your public records because the records are off limits to everyone except law enforcement personnel.

To find out if you qualify for an expungement of your arrest / criminal record, it would be in your best interest to contact and discuss your options with the Buchanan Law Office PLLC.