Multiple crimes (indictable) or a combination of one or more crimes and one or more DP’s or PDP’s, and all are listed in a single judgment of conviction, and no subsequent conviction for another crime or offense – Five (5) years. Indictable Conviction (and up to 3 DP’s or PDP’s) – and the court must find that compelling circumstances exist to grant the expungement – At least four (4) years. Indictable Conviction ( and up to 3 Disorderly Persons (“DP”) offenses or Petty Disorderly Persons (“PDP”) offenses) – Five (5) years.
The following are the waiting periods for expungement based on several types of convictions under the new law in New Jersey:Ĭlean Slate (entire record of arrest and conviction(s)) – except crimes that are not subject to expungement – Ten (10) years. State Judicial Branch.Īs of June 2020, New Jersey’s clean slate law allows any person who had not been convicted in over ten (10) years to have his/her criminal record expungement. But before criminal records can be wiped clean, individuals must meet certain requirements. If you elect to hire our office your consultation fee will be applied toward the expungement representation.An “expungement” removes criminal records from public access, which means they will not show up in background checks unless you apply for jobs in law enforcement, correction, or the N.J. We charge a small $75.00 expungement consultation fee.
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If you have questions about your record, the clean slate law or how to expunge your record, please feel free to contact our office for a consultation. The attorneys at Rosenberg | Perry & Associates are well experienced with the expungement process in New Jersey. This means that even if convicted of multiple Indictable Offenses, which would normally be a complete bar to expungement, an individual simply has to live a law-abiding life for 10 years after their most recent conviction. Most importantly, the State is creating a system where all criminal offenses, except the ones that are statutorily non-expungable, will be automatically removed from a person’s criminal history after 10 years. This removes the complete bar on expungement to those individuals who had previously expunged their criminal histories. Now, an individual can file to have their criminal record expunged even if they already had a criminal expungement. The law also raised the amount of Disorderly Persons offenses eligible to be expunged from four (4) to five (5).įurthermore, the waiting period before getting an expungement has been lowered from six (6) years to five (5) years.ĭismissals in both municipal court and Superior Court, that are not part of a plea deal, will be automatically expunged.
Now, an individual can have up to five expunged.
As such, an individual seeking expungement is not barred from having their expungement denied for having more than one drug offense. This law makes major changes to the New Jersey Expungement Process.Ĭonvictions for drug-related offenses will, for expungement purposes, be considered to be convictions for Disorderly Persons offenses.
On December 19, 2019, New Jersey established a “Clean Slate” expungement law. Share Tweet Share Email Changes to Expungement Eligibility Requirements