An expungement is defined as being "the extraction and isolation of all records on file within any court, detention or correctional facility, law enforcement or criminal justice agency concerning a person's detection, apprehension, arrest, detention, trial, or disposition of an offense within the criminal justice system."  Translated from the legalese, this means the wiping out of minor criminal convictions or arrests from the public record.  Once it is entered, the arrest, conviction, and any proceedings related to the offense are deemed never to have taken place (with some exceptions).  This can be done with:

Expungements are a one-shot deal, so they should be used only once.  If you are looking to "clean up your act" and get the skeletons out of your closet, please contact my office for a free consultation to discuss it.

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