its not worth it. You'll end up spending a good amount in legal fees as a judge will usually never do a record suppression without legal counsel present. (not fair, but the way it is in most states).
Either way, a misdemeanor should not hinder your life in any way. Employers and such usually only search for drug and or offenses of a violent nature. Especially since its a 38 year old charge; you've obviously learned from it and moved on.
You should also contact your state police headquarters and request a copy of your ACTUAL record, because it may not even be on your record at this point.
Yes, they do.
No. Georgia only allows expungements to remove arrest records, in the event that there was no conviction. Georgia has a pardon procedure available post conviction. It does not remove the conviction from your record.
It's almost impossible to expunge any felony conviction without a pardon. In fact, it is very difficult to expunge even a misdemeanor DUI.
You would have to petition the court with a request to seal the record, giving good reason why it should be granted. Sealing the case file will not remove the record of your arrest and conviction.
impeachment or conviction.
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.
You can remove information from the public records by requesting and writing the public record source. They are required by law to remove it if you can prove that it is expired or false. Otherwise, you cannot remove them.
You can't remove a misdemeanor from your criminal record, but you can sometimes have it expunged or sealed. This typically involves meeting certain criteria, such as completing probation or a diversion program. Contacting a lawyer or checking with the court where the conviction happened is a good place to start.
It depends on the magistrate or judge. If he/she records a conviction for the offence you were originally charged with, you will go on file and there you will stay unless you can bring about an over-turning of the conviction. See a lawyer for that if you feel you were poorly done by. Nowadays a conviction usually means fingerprints and maybe DNA on record.
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A DUI gives you two records; one criminal and one on your driver's license. Your criminal record is permanent, it will stay there forever unless you have a judge remove it from your record (expunge it). It varies from state-to-state how long the record will stay on your driving history.
There are several websites that provide public records data. You can have your records blocked on those sites by contacting each one directly. To permanently remove the actual record, however, you would have to contact the agency that filed the original document and created a digital record. They would have to remove it from their database.