12/30/2022
***Now taking clients for sealing records!***
You will be able to legally say that you have never been convicted of a crime.
Starting on December 31, 2022, Arizona will begin allowing individuals with criminal convictions to apply to have these convictions expunged pursuant to A.R.S. § 13-911. Expungement will effectively seal criminal case records, after the convicted individual has completed all terms and conditions of the sentence imposed by the Court. According to a Memo released on 8/1/2022 by Dave Byers, Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts, unlike the expungement of marijuana-related “records under Prop 207, the sealing of records under” this new expungement law “does not restrict access of the sealed records by law enforcement, prosecutors, and others who are performing specific types of background checks or clearances; nor does it restrict the use of sealed criminal case records in the assertion of prior arrests or convictions. What this new law does do is remove the case records from public access and allow an individual to state that they have never been arrested for, charged with, or convicted of a crime that is the subject of the arrest or conviction, including in response to questions on employment, housing, financial aid or loan applications.”
These are the waiting periods for the type of case you want expunged:
Class 2 or 3 felonies = 10 years
Class 4, 5, or 6 felonies = 5 years
Class 1 misdemeanors = 3 years
Class 2 or 3 misdemeanors = 2 years
Give us a call or send a message, and let's get started cleaning up those records!
Zac Ansell Toni Popilek
