Expungement Resources

California Penal Code 851.8 creates a process by which an individual can seal and destroy his or her arrest records. Once your arrest records have been sealed and destroyed, all the records (including police reports, fingerprints, rap entry and booking photos) are deleted and you can legally and confidently say “no” if an employment application asks you whether you’ve been arrested.

As a leading criminal defense attorneys in San Jose, CA, we get a lot of questions about expungement. These are the most frequently asked questions we receive.

Arrests remain on your criminal record even when they don’t result in a conviction, so sealing your criminal record is highly beneficial to anyone applying for a new job, enrolling in school, or seeking new certifications or other career advancing opportunities. A 2012 study found that 69 percent of organizations use criminal background checks on…

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently issued updated guidance on the subject of employer use of applicants’ criminal records in hiring decisions.

After fully completing court-imposed sanctions, the penalty for even a relatively minor criminal offense can still sometimes seem like a life sentence. Why? Anyone with a less-than-spotless past must constantly face the specter of their criminal record being drudged to the surface, potentially impacting their job prospects, the availability of rental property and even their…