Sealing vs.Expungment

After your criminal case is over can you get your record Expunged or Sealed? I will tell you if you qualify and which way you can legally go to get your case off your record.

Exgungment
If your case was dismissed or no billed by the State Attorney and you have not previously had a case expunged you should qualify to expunge your case. This means that the arrest will be off your record and almost everyone will never see it again. Even after a case is dropped the arrest will still show on your record forever!!! This is especially important in today's workforce where employers are looking up arrest history.

Sealing
If you are found guilty or you take a plea and you get a withhold of adjudication and it is your first offense you may be able to get your record sealed. There are come charges like Domestic Violence Battery that if you take a plea to may not be sealed, that is why it is important to fight those charges in court. But most charges can be sealed which means that the arrest and case will not show up the the average employer or person