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WHATS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EXPUNGING AND SEALING MY RECORD?

April 26, 2017expunging record sealing

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WHATS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EXPUNGING AND SEALING MY RECORD?

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Sealing your record means that your records are sealed and locked away in a vault so that no one without court order may have access to them. Your information regarding the charge is removed from the Criminal Information Justice System (CJIS) and record won’t show up in any background check relating to you. After 10 years after having your record sealed, you may ask the Court to expunge (destroy) the record. Only one copy of your record is retained by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and that copy of not viewable or made available to the general public.