Expungements

Clear up Your Criminal Record

The effects of past convictions can linger long after you complete your criminal sentence. A felony or misdemeanor conviction may affect your employment, professional license, housing, and other legal benefits. When you expunge a criminal record, you clear up some of the problems of your past.

You cannot expunge all criminal convictions. You should contact me, attorney Joshua M. Bowland P.C., to learn how to:

• Expunge a DUI
• Petition the court for the expungement a misdemeanor
• Expunge a felony conviction from your record

My firm will file an expungement motion with the court that convicted you. After reviewing your request, the probation office will make a recommendation to the court. If successful, the court will change your guilty conviction, and dismiss the charge. Though public arrest records will still show your charge, the record will indicate that it was expunged.

The court will expunge both misdemeanors and felonies. You can get a misdemeanor expunged after you complete your probation period. Even if you violated the terms of your probation, you may still be able to obtain an expungement. The court will take a closer look at a felony conviction. Your chances improve if you are sentenced to probation rather than to prison for a felony conviction.

In order to expunge your record you must meet certain requirements.

• A court must not have expunged your record before
• You must not be under court supervision or probation
• The court must not have withheld adjudication of your charge
• You must have remained law abiding

People make mistakes and their pasts should not continue to haunt them in the future. The expungement process is a method where you can move on with your life. To learn more, contact me for a free initial consultation with an experienced lawyer. Our firm represents people throughout the Salt Lake City (SLC) area, including people in Orem, Provo, and West Valley City.