Clear your Mississippi record.

A first offender can ask to expunge a misdemeanor. A traffic case does not count. The law sets no wait for it.

A felony can be expunged three years after you finish the whole sentence. All fines and court costs must be paid first. You get one felony expunction in all. Convictions that arose from the same facts count as one, as the court decides. The court may hold a hearing. You give the district attorney ten days' notice in writing before any hearing. The court can grant the petition if it finds you are rehabilitated. Twelve kinds of felony cannot be expunged. Crimes of violence are one kind. A public official cannot expunge a conviction tied to official duties.

Were you arrested and then released? If the case was dismissed, the charges were dropped, the case had no disposition, or you were found not guilty at trial, the court must expunge the record when you ask.

An expunged record leaves the public record. The Mississippi Criminal Information Center keeps one nonpublic copy. Its only use is to tell later whether you are a first offender. A district attorney's office may keep one too, for law enforcement only. An employer may still ask whether you have had an expunction order. In the eyes of the law, you stand as you did before the arrest.