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:: Eligibility Criteria for Sealing or Expungement

Florida law allows you to seal or expunge your criminal record history, including all non-judicial criminal agency records and judicial records, related to one criminal episode, if you meet all of the below criteria:

1. You have never obtained a previous sealing or expungement of your criminal history record;


2. You have never been adjudicated guilty of a felony, misdemeanor, criminal ordinance, or other criminal offense;


3. You have not been adjudicated guilty for committing any of the acts stemming from the arrest or alleged criminal activity for which you are seeking to have sealed or expunged.


4. You are not currently under any type of court supervision, which includes probation, house arrest, or pretrial release;


5. You did not enter a plea of guilty or nolo contendere (No Contest) to any of the offenses ineligible to sealed or expunged under Florida law.
• Please click here for a list of offenses that are ineligible to be sealed or expunged under Florida law if you entered a plea of no contest or guilty to any of them.

If you can answer yes to all of the above questions you would be eligible to have your record sealed or expunged. Please contact Orlando Expungement Lawyer Richard Hornsby if you would like to start the process of sealing or expunging your criminal record.

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