Clear your New York record.

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About clearing a record in New York

You can clear your New York record. New York law lets you seal many records automatically under the Clean Slate Act (CPL § 160.57) and seal certain other convictions by petition under CPL § 160.59. If you do not qualify for the automatic route, the process uses a petition filed with the court that handled the case and may involve a court hearing.

New York limits petition-route sealing to no more than two misdemeanor convictions, or no more than one felony plus one misdemeanor conviction.

New York runs an automatic sealing process for most eligible records under the Clean Slate Act (CPL § 160.57); the petition route under CPL § 160.59 covers the remainder.

New York treats certain marijuana convictions as eligible for outright expungement rather than sealing, under a separate statutory pathway (CPL § 160.58).

Remedies in New York

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