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Indiana Bill Seeks to Improve Current Expungement Law
Last year Indiana passed an expungement law, known as the Second Chance Law, which permits expungement of certain convictions. The Second Chance Law was welcome news for former offenders in Indiana, but it is also a very complex law and several problems have arisen in the past several months. HB 1155 will cure several issues that have arisen under the expungement law. Continue reading
Expungement Services Now Available in Oregon
The services available in Oregon will include conviction expungement, dismissed case expungement, juvenile case expungement, firearm rights restoration, probation termination, felony reduction, and termination of sex offender registration. Oregon law allows some individuals with a criminal history to have their records cleared. This relief in Oregon is known as a “set aside” or an “expungement.” Continue reading
New Illinois Law Expands Expungement To Include Some Felony Offenses
A new Illinois law, which goes into effect on January 1, 2014, allows people convicted of certain Class 3 and 4 felony offenses to seal their records. This change in the expungement law expands eligibility for record clearing relief in Illinois and will allow more former offenders to secure employment, apply for housing, and move forward with their lives.
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California’s 1170 Felony Realignment Expungement Law
Governor Jerry Brown recently signed into law Assembly Bill 651, which fills a critical gap in California’s expungement law. Under the new law, codified as Penal Code Section 1203.41, individuals sentenced under Felony Realignment, Penal Code Section 1170(h)(5), may be eligible to expunge the felony conviction from their criminal record. Continue reading
RecordGone.com Wins New York Record Sealing Appeal
Recordgone.com, a division of the Law Firm of Higbee and Associates, recently won an appeal on behalf of a New York client who petitioned to seal his conviction. The New York appellate court reversed the lower court’s order denying defendant’s motion to seal the record of his conviction and sent the case back to the trial court to hold a hearing on the matter. Continue reading
