Michigan record-clearing statutes
These are the Michigan statutes that govern expungement. Each entry links to the official text.
- 780.621 Application for order setting aside conviction; felony or misdemeanor conviction; setting aside of certain convictions prohibited; victim of human trafficking violation; definitions
- The convictions no one can apply to set aside, and the one first OWI door — 780.621c Prohibition on setting aside convictions for certain criminal cases; applicability to MCL 780.621g; inapplicable to secretary of state driving record
- The waits, the application's contents and oath, the state police copy and fee, service on the attorney general and prosecutor, the hearing, the denial — 780.621d Application and procedures for setting aside felonies and serious misdemeanor convictions
- The misdemeanor marihuana application (form MC 227a) — 780.621e Application to set aside misdemeanor marihuana offenses; requirements; rebuttable presumption; order; "misdemeanor marihuana offense" defined
- The automatic set-aside — its clocks, counts, conditions and exclusions — 780.621g Setting aside certain convictions without application; requirements; exceptions; implementation date; reinstatement; "crime of dishonesty" defined
- What a set-aside does and does not do — 780.622 Entry of order; effect; use of set aside conviction; "applicant" defined
- Who gets the order, the nonpublic record and who may see it — 780.623 Sending copy of order to arresting agency and department of state police; retention and availability of nonpublic record of order and other records; providing copy of nonpublic record to person whose conviction set aside; fee; nonpublic record exempt from disclosure; prohibited conduct; misdemeanor; penalty; liability; "victim" defined