Expungement

Expungement, seal, and pardon (clemency):

• Records Removal Services  - Records Removal Services works within the laws of each state to expunge, seal, set-aside, or vacate your criminal record.  Many of our clients have just been denied employment, housing, credit, or terminated from a job because of their criminal record. 

  In the United States today, most criminal records are cleared in order to prevent further job, housing, and credit discrimination (see collateral consequences of criminal charges below). The process for removing an offense from your criminal record varies from state to state. Records Removal Services assigns specialists and criminal justice advisors to specific legal jurisdictions throughout the United States.

  Once the motion is signed by the appropriate court, Records Removal Services begins notifying criminal background check companies that your record has been ordered expunged, sealed, set-aside, or vacated.  Records Removal Services will ensure you are removed from every local, state, and national database, including:  Sheriff's Office, Administrative Office of the Courts, Attorney General, State Bureau of Investigation, State Police, Federal Bureau of Investigation, People Search, Department of Justice, and all private criminal background check companies in the United States.

CLIENT REVIEWS:

• "Thank you and everyone at Records Removal Services for expunging my name from criminal background check companies. I know I lost patience in the process at times, and was probably a horrible client, but the end result is that my criminal past is expunged....erased, and I cannot thank you enough." - David in Sea Bright, New Jersey

• "I never thought this day would come, a day when my previous life was expunged forever and no one will ever know. I thought my education would be useless after being convicted, and for more than 5 years it has followed and haunted me. I do not know if you truly realize how much you have helped me, but I will always be grateful." - Thomas in San Francisco, California

• "I am going to recommend your service to anyone I know that has a criminal record. The misdemeanor I had prevented me from getting my nursing license but it is expunged! Thank you! If I can do anything for any of you, please let me know!" - Amanda in Charlotte, South Carolina

   

Expungement is often equated to the sealing or destroying of legal records. Each state offers its own definition of expungement, based on different rules and laws. Generally, expungement can be viewed as the process to "remove from general review" the records pertaining to a case. But the records may not completely "disappear" and may still be available to law enforcement.

Generally, all records on file within any court, detention or correctional facility, law enforcement or criminal justice agency concerning a person's detection, apprehension, arrest, detention, trial or disposition of an offense within the criminal justice system can be expunged. Each state sets its own guidelines for what records can be expunged.

Featured Blogs:

• Expungement News Blog  (Blog of Records Removal Services)