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Have you been denied a job due to your criminal record? Have you thought about sealing or expunging your criminal history but do not know if you can or how?
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To have you charge sealed in Florida here are is the criteria:
(1) No prior sealing or expunction application before;
(2) Have not been convicted of a crime, misdemeanor (including criminal traffic cases such as DUI, reckless driving, and driving while license suspended), criminal ordinance or felony;
(3) You are not under court-order supervision; and
(4) You are not applying to seal a disqualifying offense. (Examples Arson, carjacking, Domestic Violence)
Call Attorney Danialle Riggins for a free telephone consultation to discuss your situation.
Ph:352-369-0705
Fax:352-694-1834
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Sealing and Expungment
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What does sealing my record mean?
Sealing your records means that all your records in a case (police, state attorney, other agencies, and court records) are physically sealed and put away in a vault so that no one without court order may have access to them. Information regarding the charge is removed from the Criminal Information Justice System (CJIS) and the record will not show up in any background check relating to you. After 10 years of having the record sealed, you may seek to have it expunged.
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What does expunging a record mean?
Expunging under Florida law means that the record is physically destroyed. Only one copy of your records is kept by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, and that copy is viewable only by a court order. The information relating to the charge is removed from the Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS) so that it does not come up on any background checks. You can only have your record immediately expunged if you were arrested but never charged by the State Attorney's office ( a "no action" case) , the State Attorney later nolle prossed (a "dismissed"case), or the court dismissed the case. You also can apply to have your record expunged after it has been sealed for 10 years.
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Contact us online today! or
Call for a free telephone consultation: 352-369-0705(p).
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