To request the expungement of an offense from your STATE (not Federal) criminal record: You must have either been exonerated, acquited, or served the complete term of your sentence - then file a petition/motion with the court setting forth valid reason(s) why your request should be granted. A judge will review your petition and the circumstances of your case and issue a ruling either granting or denying the request. AN EXPUNGEMENT IS NOT A PARDON! Expungement only removes the record of your offense from being available to the public. Law enforcement, the courts, and government agencies will always have access to your actual 'true' record. FELONS CONVICTED IN STATE COURT OF STATE CRIMES: If your request for expungement is granted and you are a resident of a state which completely or partially restores your "rights" (you will have to do your own esearch to learn if this applies to your state), you will still remain subject to whatever restrictions your state laws place on you (e.g.- voting rights - elective office - firearms/ammunition possession - etc). FEDERALLY CONVICTED FELONS - CAUTION: Regardless of what rights your state may restore, if you were convicted in FEDERAL COURT of a FEDERAL FELONY - it is a felony crime for a federally convicted felon to EVER own or possess a firearm. The U.S. Criminal Code, makes the penalty for illegal possession of a firearm a mandatory minimum of fifteen (15) years in prison in some cases (Title 18 U.S.C. sec 924(e)(1). At this time FEDERALLY convicted felons have no solution to their firearm disqualification. Congress has effectively eliminated the review of federally convicted felons' petitions for restoration of their firearms privileges, by denying funding for the purpose.
Forever, unless expunged or sealed by court
Your criminal record is your history of criminal activity. Your history is ALWAYS there and does not "go away" unless it is legally expunged.
A criminal record is expunged of each individual offense at a time, on the order of the Court. You would have to petition the Court for each individual offense you wished expunged from your record. Whether or not it's expunged is entirely up to the Court.
In many States in the US,You can petition the court to have a charge of shoplifting expunged from your criminal record after a certain amount of time has passed,this is most done for misdemeanors, Felony charges on a criminal record can be expunged under certain circumstances but are rarely successful.
Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals was created in 1907.
Any criminal conviction that is obtained by an adult becomes permanent criminal history, although under certain circumstances a judge can remove misdemeanors from an adult's record for specific reasons (such as employment issues). If the misdemeanor conviction pertains to a juvenile and the juvenile was not sentenced under adult guidelines, then the person's records will be expunged or permanently sealed by the court when he or she reaches the age of majority.
Which record? What record? Any criminal record you may have had as a juvenile is automatically sealed when you turn 18. If you are an adult you can petition the court to have a particular charge "expunged" from your adult criminal record but you must present VERY good reason to the court for requesting it, and even then your request might not be granted. Drivers history, no.
Criminal misdemeanors do not go away. They are a part of your record always, unless expunged by a court of law.
Unless a person goes to go court and tries to have the misdemeanor removed it stays on a person's criminal record forever. If a person is able to have a misdemeanor expunged then it will no longer appear on their record.
If it was expunged by court order, the record will not available to the general public. But the 'true' record is still available to the courts, law enforcement, and government agencies.
Call the criminal court where you were convicted and ask the clerk's office.Added: See the below website:
You do not need to generally report an expunged record on your job application. It is erased as far as the court is concerned and no one should have access to it.