Record sealing
When a record is hidden, not erased
Sealing keeps your record from the public and from most employers and landlords. Courts and some agencies can still see it. For many people that is enough to change the answer on an application.
Clean slate laws
A growing number of states clear or seal certain records automatically, without a petition. If you live in one, your record may already be gone and nobody told you. It's worth a look before you pay anyone, or wait for anything.
We check whether your record was cleared on its own, and if a copy still shows up on a background check, we help you ask the company to take it down.
Side by side
Sealing, expungement and clean slate
Sealing
Hides the record from the public and most checks.
Courts and some agencies can still see it
Often available for more cases than expungement
Usually needs a petition
Expungement
Erases the record, or treats it as if it never happened.
Harder to qualify for in many places
Can mean a longer wait
Usually needs a petition
Clean slate
Clears certain records automatically, on a schedule set by law.
No petition for covered records
Not every record is covered
We confirm it actually happened
Sealing
Before you decide which one
Can I have a record sealed and keep my gun rights, voting or benefits?
Sealing is about who can see the record. It doesn't change what the conviction means for other rights. We go through those questions with you before you file.
If my record is sealed, do I still have to tell the court?
In a new case, a sealed record may still be visible to the judge or prosecutor. We tell you where it stays visible.
How do I find out if my record was cleared automatically?
Ask us. We request your record and compare it with what the law says should be gone, then follow up on anything still showing.
Let's see what is still showing.
We'll pull your record and check it against the law, free if you qualify.