A criminal record can make it difficult to get a job, secure a mortgage, receive financial aid and more. Expunging your criminal record provides a fresh start allowing you to legally say “No” when asked if you’ve ever been arrested, charged or convicted.
Bucks County Expungement Attorney
Getting arrested or being convicted of a crime does not always mean that the arrest or conviction will follow you forever. If you have a criminal record in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, you may be eligible for criminal record expungement. An expungement is a legal order that destroys and removes a criminal record from public view and restricts access to law-enforcement agencies. Experienced Bucks County expungement attorney Sharif Abaza can help you clear your record through criminal record expungement.
What is Criminal Record Expungement?
Pennsylvania law permits people to remove certain arrests or convictions from their criminal record through processes called “expungement” or record “sealing” by court order (called an “order for limited access”). After your record is expunged or sealed, it becomes inaccessible to the general public.
What Types of Crimes are Eligible for Expungement?
If your criminal record is otherwise clean and you have no other charges pending, you may be able to have your records expunged for convictions of offenses such as:
- Disorderly conduct
- Public drunkenness
- Retail theft (shoplifting)
- Harassment
- Underage drinking
- Simple trespass
- Public consumption of alcoholic beverages
- Driving without a license
- And other non-traffic summary offenses
Are All Crimes Eligible for Expungement?
Not all crimes are eligible for expungement. That is why it is vital to have an experienced Bucks County criminal defense attorney defend you against the original charges. As your criminal defense lawyer in Bucks County, Sharif Abaza will fight for your rights, your innocence, your future and your freedom and work to have these charges dismissed or reduced to offenses that can be expunged.
Clearing Your Criminal Record in Doylestown, Pennsylvania
In addition, you may be eligible for expungement of arrests and non-convictions if:
- You were found not guilty.
- Your charges were dismissed.
- Your charges were withdrawn.
- You were accepted into the Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition (ARD) program, completed all terms and conditions and paid all fines and costs.
- You received Probation Without Verdict under the Controlled Substances Act.
- You were a first-time DUI offender and successfully completed ARD.
- You were charged as a juvenile.
- You had an underage drinking conviction (once you turn 21).
- You are 70 years or older and have not been arrested in 10 years.
- You pled guilty to a summary offense more than five years ago and have a clean record since the offense.
- You were charged with an alcohol-related offense and have met all the terms and conditions of the sentence imposed.
Sorry, comments are closed for this post.