There is no cost associated with having a criminal record expunged. A criminal record does not necessarily need to follow someone for the rest of their lives. For some people, having the record ...

The bill would expand expungement eligibility to the most serious crimes but only for those who committed the act as a minor and meet a very narrow set of conditions, like having no criminal ...

This issue originated from a 2022 case, In re Expungement Petition of Abhishek I. In that case, the Maryland Appellate Court upheld a lower court’s decision to deny Abhishek’s expungement ...

Ken McCabe from Utah Legal Services came into the Fresh Living studio to speak with Kari Hawker-Diaz about expungement and how it may help you. Utah Legal Services' mission is to provide high ...

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed several bills into law Tuesday, including the Expungement Reform Act, which will expand the types of convictions that can be removed from a person's criminal record.

BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (WSBT) — Dozens of Michiganders showed up to Saturday's expungement fair in Benton Harbor. The event was made possible by Michigan's "Clean Slate Law," which offers those ...

JPMorganChase & Co. and Legal Aid of Southeast and Central Ohio (LASCO) are working to help people expunge their records through clinics and legal assistance. A 2023 Ohio law made it easier and ...

For those with misdemeanor convictions and are seeking a “clean slate” in Montana, an expungement clinic will be in Bozeman in March to provide free, confidential legal advice to help maneuver ...

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The State Bar of California on Friday endorsed a plan to expunge attorney discipline records after eight years, meaning those infractions would no longer appear on the lawyer’s state bar website ...

On Oct. 25, Simon Bouie and six others had their arrest records expunged more than 60 years after they staged a sit-in in a Columbia, South Carolina, lunch counter that was designated as whites-only.

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — A new expungement law has taken affect in Utah after being signed by the state legislature earlier in 2024. HB 352 provides a pathway for people with a criminal record to ...