Do you have questions or an interest in more information on sealing or expunging records? The annual Expungement and Record Sealing Summit is coming up on October 6th. For some of the basics the News-Gazette had a handy primer earlier this month:
The Law Q&A | What records can be sealed or expunged?Lots more details and information at the full article here. The Champaign County Clerk has an annual Expungement and Record Sealing Summit which is coming up in October. More information on that here.
Expunging is where the law allows a record to be completely purged as if it never existed.
Sealing is where the law does not allow a record to be expunged, but it is not viewable or knowable by the public. It is kept in existence only within the circles of agencies the law deems vital for such agencies to know, such as law enforcement, prosecutors or certain government departments.
To seal or expunge, one must file a request with the court in the county where the criminal record is. If you have a record in more than one county, you'd have to file the request in each of those counties to get those particular records sealed or expunged. No case record can ever be sealed or expunged while that case has not yet been concluded...
Check with your local court clerk to see if there are any seal and expungement sign-up programs using attorneys who help might you for free.
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