Tuesday, February 10, 2015

After 10 years of clean legal history. you can have your past legal matters dropped.

Question

After 10 years of clean legal history. you can have your past legal matters dropped.



Answer

California does not have a true "expungement" statute. What we do have is a dismissal under Penal Code 1203.4. If granted, it doesn't wipe the case off your record, but it adds a notation that the case was dismissed. That allows you to tell most employers that you have not been convicted of the crime, but it remains on your record and still counts as a prior conviction.

Aside from that, there is no way to clear an adult conviction short of a pardon from the Governor.



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