About clearing a record in Indiana

Indiana law lets you expunge certain arrest and conviction records under IC 35-38-9. Some are sealed. Others stay public, marked as expunged.

You file a verified petition. It goes to a circuit or superior court in the county where you were convicted. The prosecutor has thirty days to object. If no one objects, the court can grant it with no hearing.

The wait is one year for an arrest with no conviction. It is five years for a misdemeanor. It is eight or ten years for a felony. For felonies above the lowest level, it also runs three or five years past the end of your sentence. The prosecutor can agree in writing to a shorter wait. If you were charged after June 30, 2022, and the court dismissed every charge or you were acquitted, it expunges the records on its own.

You can file to expunge convictions only once in your life. If the court denies the petition, you can refile it. One petition covers every conviction in that county. Other counties need their own petitions, filed within the same 365 days. The limit does not apply to arrest records.

Remedies in Indiana

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