An expungement is the removal and isolation of all records on file within any court, detention or correctional facility, law enforcement, criminal justice agency or juvenile justice agency concerning a person's apprehension, arrest, detention, trial or disposition of an offense within the criminal or juvenile justice system. Unless otherwise provided by law, if an order for expungement is granted, the adult arrest, the record of law enforcement taking you into custody as a juvenile, conviction, adjudication of delinquency, disposition and any related proceedings are considered not to have occurred.
There are two ways to have an expungement filed:
The online system, or by paper motion
How to help your attorney File for an Order to Expunge Your Criminal and/or Juvenile Record
Locate Your Records
In order to prepare your expungement petition and prove your eligibility, you should provide your attorney with following information:
- · The date of your arrest as an adult or when you were taken into custody as a juvenile.
- · The statute(s) and the offense(s) for which you were arrested, taken into custody as a juvenile, convicted or adjudicated delinquent.
- · The original indictment, accusation, summons, docket number, warrant number or complaint number. Include all, if more than one.
- · The date of the disposition, which could be the date of the conviction or adjudication of delinquency, date of not guilty verdict or date of dismissal.
- · The specific punishment or other disposition.
Request State Police Criminal History Record – Fingerprint Check
This step is only necessary if you do not already have your criminal/juvenile history information about your arrests, charges and dispositions.
Note: The State Police will have a criminal/juvenile history only if you were fingerprinted when you were arrested. If you were not fingerprinted, and only a complaint was signed against you when you were arrested, you will still have a record with the police department and the court, but you will not have a record sheet within the Division of State Police, State Bureau of Investigation.
Additional information about obtaining criminal/juvenile history record checks can also be obtained from the FBI contacts called channelers.
https://www.fbi.gov/services/cjis/identity-history-summary-checks/list-of-fbi-approved-channelers-for-departmental-order-submissions
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Expungement Services to Apply to Remove/Erase Criminal Arrests and Convictions/ Retainer for Legal Services
What we will do:
-Telephone consultation with client;
-Office consultation with client;
-Opening of file and client may have free client case folder, Municipal Court brochure, MVC Points brochure, and Website brochure;
-Review documents supplied by client and court;
-Review of necessary statutes and case law;
-Preparation of VERIFIED PETITION FOR EXPUNGEMENT OF RECORD PURSUANT TO N.J.S.A. 2C:52-6(a)
- Preparation of other documents required by the court
- Preparation of proposed ORDER FOR EXPUNGEMENT
We file with Superior Court Expungement Unit- Petition and supporting documents
Email Client with filed Petition
Follow up Court Order for hearing (takes approx 60 days)
Expungement Services to Remove Bill
Misc phone calls to and from client
-Call Superior Court Expungement Unit to confirm
If Expungement granted and receipt of signed Order for Expungement,
Preparation of letter with signed Order for Expungement to Client
The Court will send by email to -NJ Attorney General
Department of Law & Public Safety
NJ Superintendent of State Police
- County Prosecutor;
- Chief of Police;
- Municipal Court Administrator; and any other public entity requested by the court.
-Any other government entity requested by the defense attorney
Please note a Judicial Expungement granted by the Superior Court Judge does not change databases set up by private entities or credit agencies.
Preparation of End of Case Letter to client with original signed Order for Expungement and client questionnaire.
