Oklahoma Expungement Seals your Criminal Record as if the crime never happened. Having your name in court records for a felony or misdemeanor can be troubling and inconvenient in various aspects of life: applying for a new job, seeking educational opportunities, renting or buying a home, or passing background checks. In addition, having your brush with the law available to the public eye can interfere with your personal relationships and reputation. In Oklahoma, the process of expungement can remove or change a court record of a criminal conviction for a misdemeanor or even multiple non-violent felonies.
Seal Your Oklahoma Criminal Record
Expungement Seals your Criminal Record and allows you to legally answer “no” when asked if you have you have ever been convicted of a crime that as later expunged. Due to some recent changes in the law, expungements can be effective immediately for some convictions and have also become more available for those whose cases could not previously be expunged. If you think you might be eligible for an expungement, even if you were told otherwise in the past, you should contact an expungement attorney to help guide you through the process of sealing your criminal record.
Do I Qualify For an Oklahoma Expungement
1. You’ve been acquitted of the criminal charges by a jury;
2. The conviction was reversed by an appellate court in Oklahoma;
3. Following being convicted of the crime, your innocence was proven by DNA evidence;
4. You received a pardon by the Governor for a crime you were innocent of committing;
5. Subsequent to the arrest, no charges were filed against you;
6. You were under eighteen (18) years of age at the time the offense was committed and you received a full pardon for the offense;
7. You were charged with one or more misdemeanor or felony crimes, all charges have been dismissed, and you had previously never been convicted of a felony and currently have no charges pending;
8. You’re charged with a misdemeanor and the charge was dismissed after completion of a deferred judgment or delayed sentence, you had never been convicted of a felony before, currently have no charges pending, and at least one (1) year has passed since the charge was dismissed;
9. You were charged with a non-violent offense as set forth in Section 571 of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and the charge was dismissed after completion of a deferred judgment or delayed sentence, currently have no charges pending, and at least five (5) years have passed since the charge was dismissed; or
10. You were falsely arrested for committing the crime. Title 22 Section 991(c) permits you to have a criminal record expunged if you received a deferred judgment. A petition can be made under both 991(c) and Title 22 Section 18 in order to have the arrest and conviction record expunged.
Only non-violent crimes qualify for expungement.
Tulsa Oklahoma Expungment Lawyers
Hire an expungement attorney in Tulsa and seal your criminal record or protective orders on your record. Don’t let the past determine the course of your future. Contact our expungement attorneys Tulsa Oklahoma to learn if you can petition to expunge the criminal record you wish to seal in detail. Call us for a confidential consultation.