If my friend was convicted of a felony 6 years ago, what must he do to get it off of his record in order to obtain gainful employment?
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If my friend was convicted of a felony 6 years ago, what must he do to get it off of his record in order to obtain gainful employment?
He has had no other trouble with the law (except for minor traffic citation). He now lives in another state.
Asked on October 31, 2015 under Criminal Law, California
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 9 years ago | Contributor
First of all, if the conviction was in federal court, then it cannot be "expunged" (i.e. cleared from your friend's criminal history record). If the conviction was in state court, then it may or may not be able to be cleared. What your friend needs to do is to google the word "expungment" and then the name of the state in which the conviction occurred. He should be able to find the information that he needs to find out if he is eligible to have his conviction removed from his record.
If he still has questions, he can contact an criminal law attorney who specializes in obtaining expungments.
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