This page is only applicable to convictions in Califormnia. For information about convcitinos in other states, see our home page.
If you are not facing any current charges or on probation for another offense and your sentence did not involve state prison (as opposed to county jail), California allows you to have your conviction expunged after you complete your probation. If you were not placed on probation, you can have your record expunged one year after your conviction.* See list below for certain sex offenses and high speed pursuit convictions that cannot be expunged.
Expungement allows you to honestly and legally say you have not been convicted of a crime.
If your conviction was a felony that is eligible to be reduced to a misdemeanor, we will include that in the process at no extra charge.
We handle all aspects of the case for you and pay all filing fees for one flat-fee— and we offer a money back guarantee. Misdemeanors are $495** in most counties and felonies are $725. We offer a low-price guarantee and will beat any advertised price by $50.
BENEFITS OF EXPUNGEMENT
Tell employers that you have not been convicted of a crime
Become eligible for student loans
Become eligible for housing assistance
Become eligible for more types of professional licenses and certificates
Tell friends and family that you have not been convicted of a crime
To stop fearing or being embarrassed when someone does a background check on you.
BENEFITS OF USING RECORDGONE.COM
Getting your record expunged can be the best investment you ever make. Having us expunge your record can be the best decision you make. Why choose us:
You will be represented by a lawyer
We will write letters to potential employers explaining expungement
Money back guarantee in writing – If we don’t expunge your record, we refund our fee***
Lowest price guarantee – We will beat any advertised price by $50
Fastest possible results – we start your case within 24 hours
We serve ALL of California
We pay the filing fees
One call starts the process — 877-573-7273
Deep discounts for multiple convictions
Credit cards accepted
Flexible payment plans
BENEFITS A LAW FIRM THAT SPECIALIZES IN EXPUNGEMENT
We are licensed attorneys who specialize in expungement and record clearing. We not only know what it takes to succeed, we also know how to achieve success in less time and for less money— guaranteed. We start working right away on all cases. We file 90% of our cases within 48 hours. so your record gets cleared sooner. Our high volume of expungement cases allows us to charge less by spreading costs, such as costly trips to the court, among several clients. You can pay hundreds of dollars more to other lawyers who do one or two a month, or you can pay a low price to a firm that does several a day. When it comes to expunging, we believe we offer the best value and service.
* The following offenses cannot be expunged: Vehicle Code Section 42001(b); the following sex offenses: Penal Code Section 261(d)(must be reduced to misdemeanor), 286(c), 288, 288a(c), 288.5 and 289(j)
** $550 in the following courts: Alameda - (All except Hayward), Butte, Humboldt, Kern, Monterey, Placer, Sacramento, San Diego (El Cajon Court (East)), San Francisco, Santa Barbara (Santa Maria Court), Santa Clara, Solano, Stanislaus.Imperial (El Centro is an $800 for misdemeanors and $1,150 for felonies)
*** See written guarantee details for important limitations and exception
California Health And Safety Code 11350 | Possession of A Controlled Substance
(a) Every person who is convicted of a violation of Section 11350, 11351, 11351.5, 11352, 11355, 11358, 11359, 11361, 11363, 11364, 11368, 11375, 11377, 11378, 11378.5, 11379, 11379.5, 11379.6, 11380, 11380.5, 11382, 11383, 11390, 11391, or 11550 or subdivision (a) or (c) of Section 11357, or subdivision (a) of Section 11360 of this code, or Section 4230 of the Business and Professions Code shall pay a criminal laboratory analysis fee in the amount of fifty dollars ($50) for each separate offense. The court shall increase the total fine necessary to include this increment.
With respect to those offenses specified in this subdivision for which a fine is not authorized by other provisions of law, the court shall, upon conviction, impose a fine in an amount not to exceed fifty dollars ($50), which shall constitute the increment prescribed by this section and which shall be in addition to any other penalty prescribed by law.
(b) The county treasurer shall maintain a criminalistics laboratories fund. The sum of fifty dollars ($50) shall be deposited into the fund for every conviction under Section 11350, 11351, 11351.5, 11352, 11355, 11358, 11359, 11361, 11363, 11364, 11368, 11375, 11377, 11378, 11378.5, 11379, 11379.5, 11379.6, 11380, 11380.5, 11382, 11383, 11390, 11391, or 11550, subdivision (a) or (c) of Section 11357, or subdivision (a) of Section 11360 of this code, or Section 4230 of the Business and Professions Code, in addition to fines, forfeitures, and other moneys which are transmitted by the courts to the county treasurer pursuant to Section 11502. The deposits shall be made prior to any transfer pursuant to Section 11502. The county may retain an amount of this money equal to its administrative cost incurred pursuant to this section. Moneys in the criminalistics laboratories fund shall, except as otherwise provided in this section, be used exclusively to fund (1) costs incurred by criminalistics laboratories providing microscopic and chemical analyses for controlled substances, in connection with criminal investigations conducted within both the incorporated or unincorporated portions of the county, (2) the purchase and maintenance of equipment for use by these laboratories in performing the analyses, and (3) for continuing education, training, and scientific development of forensic scientists regularly employed by these laboratories. Moneys in the criminalistics laboratory fund shall be in addition to any allocations pursuant to existing law. As used in this section, "criminalistics laboratory" means a laboratory operated by, or under contract with, a city, county, or other public agency, including a criminalistics laboratory of the Department of Justice, (1) which has not less than one regularly employed forensic scientist engaged in the analysis of solid-dose controlled substances, and (2) which is registered as an analytical laboratory with the Drug Enforcement Administration of the United States Department of Justice for the possession of all scheduled controlled substances. In counties served by criminalistics laboratories of the Department of Justice, amounts deposited in the criminalistics laboratories fund, after deduction of appropriate and reasonable county overhead charges not to exceed 5 percent attributable to the collection thereof, shall be paid by the county treasurer once a month to the Controller for deposit into the state General Fund, and shall be excepted from the expenditure requirements otherwise prescribed by this subdivision.
(c) The county treasurer shall, at the conclusion of each fiscal year, determine the amount of any funds remaining in the special fund established pursuant to this section after expenditures for that fiscal year have been made for the purposes herein specified. The board of supervisors may, by resolution, assign the treasurer's duty to determine the amount of remaining funds to the auditor or another county officer. The county treasurer shall annually distribute those surplus funds in accordance with the allocation scheme for distribution of fines and forfeitures set forth in Section 11502.
