Expunction/Non-Disclosure
Expunction/Non-Disclosure Attorney in Houston
Humble, Kingwood, and Atascocita Expunction/Non-Disclosure Lawyer
If you have been convicted of a criminal offense and want to have your criminal conviction expunged, or clear your criminal record, it is advised that you contact a Houston Expunction/Non-Disclosure Attorney. An Expunction or Non-Disclosure order is the legal procedure involved in clearing your record. Randolph & Almonte, PLLC is qualified and familiar with expunction and non-disclosure orders and how they are legally accomplished and what the requirements are for these changes to your publicly accessible criminal record.
Houston Expunction/Non-Disclosure Attorney
If you want to clear your criminal record, there are specific sets of circumstances that may make expunction/non-disclosure an option for you. In order to be eligible for a nondisclosure order, the individual requesting the order must meet several requirements in addition to successfully completing probation and receiving a discharge and dismissal from the court. You also must:
- Fulfill any waiting period required because of the nature of the offense
- Not have been convicted of any other offenses – except traffic offenses – or received any other deferred adjudications during the waiting period; and
- Not have been previously convicted of certain crimes or received previous deferred adjudication for certain crimes.
Certain classes of misdemeanors require a 5 year waiting period from the time of discharge and dismissal before the individual may request a nondisclosure order. These misdemeanors include:
• Kidnapping and unlawful restraint
• Sexual offenses
• Assault offenses
• Offenses against the family
• Disorderly conduct
• Weapons offenses
If the individual was charged with any other misdemeanor, they generally are eligible to file for the nondisclosure order immediately after receiving the discharge and dismissal from the court.
If the petitioner’s deferred adjudication resulted from a felony, there is a mandatory 10 year waiting period after the discharge and dismissal before filing for the order.
If the petitioner previously was convicted of certain crimes or received deferred adjudication for these crimes, they ineligible for a nondisclosure order. These crimes include:
• Sex offenses requiring sexual offender registration
• Aggravated kidnapping
• Murder, capital murder
• Injuring a child, elderly or disabled person
• Abandoning or endangering a child
• Violating a protective order
• Violating a magistrate’s order
• Stalking
• Any offense involving family violence
It is crucial for an attorney to evaluate your circumstances to determine whether clearing your record can be legally accomplished for you by law. Contact Randolph & Almonte, PLLC and our attorney will review the details of your conviction and the other legal factors that make it a possibility to clear your record. If you are in fact in a legal position that it clearing your record is a possibility, the attorneys of Randolph & Almonte are skilled in filing such a request of the court. If you are in a position where expunction/non-disclosure is an option, it is advised that you contact Randolph & Almonte, PLLC. A criminal conviction can make your life much more difficult. Your criminal record can hinder you in getting a job or renting a home or apartment.
It is vital to get legal counsel when considering cleaning your record. It is advised that you contact Randolph & Almonte, PLLC so an attorney can advise you of the possibility that this can be accomplished in your case. The specific laws and rules regarding cleaning your record in Texas are familiar to Randolph & Almonte, PLLC. Call and an attorney will advise you of your rights in clearing your record. If it is a possibility in your case, an attorney will aggressively fight for your rights. Randolph & Almonte, PLLC will protect your right to clear your record.
Contact a Houston Expunction/Non-Disclosure Attorney if you want to clean your record of criminal convictions or arrests. Randolph & Almonte, PLLC serves individuals in Houston, Humble, Kingwood, and Atascocita.