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Every day in the United States thousands of people are denied employment, housing, and credit because of their criminal record. Often, the crimes these people have been convicted of are petty in nature, yet their criminal record follows them for the rest of their lives.
In the common law legal system, an expungement proceeding is a type of lawsuit in which the subject of a prior criminal investigation or proceeding seeks that the records of that earlier process be sealed or destroyed, thereby restoring the subject's name. If successful, the records are said to be "expunged". While expungement deals with an underlying criminal record, it is a civil action in which the subject is the petitioner or plaintiff asking a court to declare that the records be expunged.
Each jurisdiction whose law allows expungement has its own definitions of expungement
proceedings. Generally, expungement is the process to "remove from general review" the records pertaining to a case. In many jurisdictions, however, the records may not completely "disappear" and may still be available to law enforcement.
Contrary to
popular belief, criminal records are not cleared automatically with the
passage of time, but require the filing and granting of a Petition for
relief in Court.
The most trusted national names in getting an expungement, pardon, or
criminal record seal in the United States without paying $2,000.00 -
$5,000.00 in attorney fees are:
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Records Removal Services -
Records Removal
Services is a great firm to use if you need an expungement, seal, or
vacated criminal sentence. Records Removal Services also updates all
criminal databases to reflect your expungement (removing your name, or
making it un-reportable). (more)
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American Pardon Services -
American Pardon Services is
a great firm to use if you need a pardon from the President of the
United States, a Governor, or a travel waiver to a foreign country.
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