Category: Criminal Record Sealing / Expungement

If you have a criminal record in North Carolina, you may wonder how to clear your record and move on with your life. The process of clearing your criminal record is known as expungement. In North Carolina, expungement allows certain criminal charges and convictions to be removed from your record. Here’s what you need to know about the ins and outs of expungement in North Carolina.

What is Expungement?

Expungement is the process of removing certain criminal charges or convictions from your record. Expungement can help you overcome past mistakes and make finding [...]

A criminal record can have long-lasting negative consequences for individuals in North Carolina. Fortunately, there is a legal remedy for those who have turned their lives around and wish to move forward with a clean slate. Record sealing, or expungement, is the process of removing certain criminal records from public access. Sealing a record can have many benefits, including improved job opportunities, housing options, and the ability to participate in certain civic activities. In this article, we will explore the benefits of sealing your North Carolina record.

Improved Job Opportunities in North Carolina[...]

If you’ve had a DUI in North Carolina, then the words “background check” may strike fear in your heart. That’s understandable, as background checks are normally done for important things such as getting a new job.

If you’ve had a DUI, chances are you don’t want people to know about it, but it’s inevitable that anyone doing a background check on you will find it. That’s why many people want to know if a DUI in North Carolina can be expunged from their record or not.

The answer to that question is more [...]

A criminal record is not generally useful to have. What many people don’t realize is that not only convictions go on a criminal record. Arrests do as well. 

Some people may have a criminal record and not even be aware of it. And a criminal record can impede your ability to live and work – and even pursue your passions through your education.

That is why an expungement is a great tool for people in North Carolina to have. It allows some to put their past where it belongs, which is behind them, [...]

If you want to give yourself the gift of a clean slate in North Carolina for 2021, then you can petition the court for something called an expungement. Clearing your record is not as simple of a process as it may seem, however.

North Carolina’s State Bureau of Investigation confirmed that they are currently behind in processing orders for expungement. As of now, they are processing orders received in September and granting orders they got way back in June.

Having an expungement processed through the various government agencies involved is not an easy [...]