Sealing of Juvenile Records in New York
The process for sealing a juvenile record rests on how you were classified by the court: juvenile delinquents; youthful offenders; juvenile offenders....
Criminal Law
Process to Sealing Criminal Records in New York
The records relating to dispositions in your favor, violations or traffic infractions are automatically sealed—without you having to do anything. Records for drug-related convictions are not automat...
Sealing of Adult Criminal Records in New York
If the final outcome of your case is in your favor, its record is automatically sealed. A person convicted of felony drug, marijuana, or Willard non-drug eligible crimes (e.g. property crimes committ...
Sealing Juvenile Criminal Records in Ohio
Depending on your circumstances, sealing juvenile court criminal records can be an automatic process in Ohio. Ohio law requires that juvenile courts immediately seal juveniles' records in a number of ...
Eligibility for Expunging Adult Criminal Records in Pennsylvania
When you get your criminal record expunged in Pennsylvania, all information directly related to the criminal offense in question is removed from public view. This information includes: identifying de...
Overview of Pennsylvania Criminal History Record Expungements
Expungement in Pennsylvania means removal of information from your criminal history record (i.e, publicly available information under state law) leaving no further public indication the information ev...
Process for Expunging Juvenile Criminal Records in Pennsylvania
The process for expunging juvenile criminal records in Pennsylvania varies from county to county. In general, Juvenile Court Procedural Rules require requests for expungement to be filed as a motion ...
Sealing or Expunging Juvenile Criminal Records in Pennsylvania
Sealing and expunging a juvenile record are two different things in Pennsylvania. Sealing a record means a court sees good reason to keep the information private, by limiting public access to it...
What is an unreasonable search or seizure?
A quick read of the 4th Amendment makes it clear that all persons have a right to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable search and seizure. The basic dictionary ...
Can the police stop a person and pat them down on the street without a reason?
The police cannot stop and pat down someone on the street without reason. This is based in the constitutional guarantee that every person has the right to be free from “unreasonable search and seizu...
Overview of Tennessee Criminal History Record Expungements
Expunging your Tennessee criminal record is available on a misdemeanor or a felony charge if the charge was dismissed or abandoned by the prosecutor or if you were found not guilty....
Expunging or Sealing Juvenile Criminal Records in Tennessee
For arrests and charges filed against juveniles, one of the following must be true in order to file for an expungement in Tennessee: (1) a petition alleging delinquency was not filed, (2) the proceedi...
Eligibility for Expunging or Sealing Adult Criminal Records in Tennessee
There are five general conditions for getting your criminal history record expunged in Tennessee. If you were charged with a misdemeanor or a felony, and properly petition the court that had jurisdict...
Application Process for Sealing Juvenile Criminal Records in Texas
To seal your juvenile criminal record in Texas, you must go to the Clerk's office in the juvenile court where your case was heard and get an 'Application for Sealing of Files and Records. The clerk w...
Sealing Adult Criminal Records—Nondisclosure Orders
If your case in Texas is ineligible for an expunction, you will have to obtain an 'Order of Non-Disclosure'. An order of non-disclosure does not physically destroy any of your criminal records. But it...
Overview of Texas Criminal Record Expunction and Clearing
In Texas, if you were wrongfully arrested, or found not guilty, or charges were dismissed, or were arrested but later won an appeal or received a Governor's pardon, you are eligible to completely clea...
Automatic Restriction of Access to Juvenile Criminal Records
Texas implemented a records system designed to limit access to juvenile criminal records after you turn 21. Called 'Automatic Restriction of Access to Records' (ARAR), your records are not destroyed ...
Sealing Juvenile Criminal Records in Texas
In the case of juvenile criminal records, Texas law lets you seal some convictions after a waiting period. Another law lets you expunge some criminal records (i.e., minor alcohol violations) handled i...
Eligibility for Expunging and Sealing Adult Criminal Records in Virginia
Clearing your criminal record (expunging) in Virginia is available for someone who was arrested but acquitted, granted a pardon by the Governor, or the criminal charges were dropped or dismissed....
Expunging Juvenile Criminal Records in Virginia
Juvenile's criminal record in Virginia is automatically destroyed once the juvenile is 18, provided that 5 years have elapsed from the date of the last hearing, or 29 in the case of a motor vehicle vi...
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