Richmond County Georgia Juvenile Expungement procedure criminal lawyers

Richmond County Georgia Juvenile Expungement procedure criminal lawyers

Juvenile Expungement in Augusta GA

Expungement means the removal of police and court records from public access. Your records are not be physically destroyed, but they will be sealed and considered as confidential.

To expunge a DUI conviction in simple terms means to seal or destroy your conviction records. You can expunge your DUI conviction by law and by inherent judicial authority. In expungement, the judge orders the sealing or erasing of the legal record of an arrest or conviction. The record is sealed or erased in the eyes of law. It is as if the arrest or conviction never happened.

The criteria for expungement and the process varies from state to state. But the typical eligibility criteria are:
1. You should be a first time offender.
2. A certain amount of time must be over between conviction and seeking the expungement of that conviction.
3. You must have no pending criminal charges at the time of the request.
4. You must have been rehabilitated.

You must either by yourself or through an attorney acting on your behalf should petition the court for expungement of all official public records of your arrest and conviction. A petition for expungement must be on the standard form which is available at the county court where you were convicted.

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The Augusta Legal Center of Hawk and Detchemendy - DUI and Criminal Defense Attorneys - (706) 722-3500 - www.augusta-ga-dui.com

Attorneys Vic Hawk, Melissa Detchemendy, and Reid Sanders defend DUI cases and criminal cases in Georgia.