Protecting Your Future
If you've been convicted of a crime in California, even a misdemeanor, it appears on your record. If you've been convicted of a felony offense, it can hinder your ability to rent an apartment or get into a good school. If you've been convicted of a felony you lose your right to vote and you may not be permitted certain types of professional licenses. In addition, you must always check the "yes" box on job applications that ask if you were convicted of a felony.
Having a misdemeanor on your record can be annoying. Having a felony on your record can be life changing. The procedure to have a felony or misdemeanor removed from your record is called an expungement.
Atascadero Lawyer for Record Expungement
Gerald Carrasco is a San Luis Obispo expungement attorney who has had success clearing up criminal records through expungements. An expungement is not available to everyone.
- You are eligible for expungement at the end of your probation for a misdemeanor.
- You are eligible for expungement at the end of your probation if you have a felony conviction and did not go to prison.
- You are eligible for expungement at the end of your probation if you have a conviction of a crime that could have been charged as either a felony or a misdemeanor, but in your case was charged as a felony.
There are other instances where you can have your felony conviction expunged from your record, although the Department of Justice will still have a permanent record of the conviction. Contact our criminal defense law firm for help.
Record Sealing for Juveniles and Adults
You can have your record sealed or destroyed if you are an adult charged with a crime, and you were found factually innocent of a charge.
Juveniles with a record can have it sealed by request after five years if there has been no further criminal behavior. At the conclusion of probation, it will be automatically sealed. You can have it sealed earlier according to Welfare and Institutions Code 790. As a criminal defense law firm, we have successfully helped seal and expunge the records of a number of people.
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