Who can get their court record expunged in Florida?
Whitney S. Boan Protecting Your Right
Video Transcript
In Florida, in order to be able to expunge your record, you need to have never been convicted of any criminal offense, you need to have not sought any prior expunction of any criminal arrest history, and you need to provide good cause to the court as to why your record should be expunged after you’ve gotten a certificate of eligibility from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and you’ve filed a petition to expunge your record in court. If you want to expunge your record and you think you may qualify to have your record expunged, you should speak with a lawyer to determine whether or not you actually qualify to have your record expunged, and what if any pitfalls may be involved with that process in terms of your ability to actually see it through.