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Sealing or Clearing your arrest/criminal history places your record under highly restricted access or clears it from FDLE records. This process is an opportunity to remove the crippling affects of having an arrest/criminal record, “ A New Beginning.”    Florida statutes allow residents and non-residents to Seal and Clear their arrest/criminal history.  Florida has a three-step process, in some instances two, to Seal and Clear the arrest/criminal history.  The process has statutory criteria that must be followed from beginning to end in-order to Seal and Clear one’s history.  

Step 1- Certificate of Eligibility:

The first step in the process to Seal and Clear, is obtaining a Certificate of Eligibility from the FDLE.  If a Certificate is granted this does not mean that your criminal history record will be ordered sealed or expunged. It is merely the first step in the process to determine whether you are statutorily eligible. 

Step 2 Sealing:

The Sealing of an individual’s history is accomplished by filing a Petition, a request to seal the arrest/criminal history, with the County Court that the arrest occurred in.  If the Petition is granted, the arrest/criminal history record is sealed, the public will not have access to it.  Only Certain governmental or related entities, primarily those listed in s. 943.059(4)(a), Florida Statutes, have access to sealed record information in its entirety.

After ten (10) years  have elapsed the individual, maybe eligible to Expunge their history.

Step 3 Clearing (a/k/a Expunge or Expungement):

When a record has been expunged, those entities which would have access to a sealed record will be informed that the subject of the record has had a record expunged, but would not have access to the record itself without a court order.  All they would receive is a caveat statement indicating that "Criminal Information has been Expunged from this Record".

FEE SCHEDULE

FL Sealing or Expungements are routinely handled on a FLAT FEE BASIS of $995.00 ( All inclusive ), which makes the process cost effective and expeditious. 

An initial $295.00 non-refundable fee, is required to get the Sealing or Expungement process started with my firm. The fee is used to gather all the required paperwork from the respective agencies and to submit the request for a Certificate of Eligibility.  Once retained, the initial fee will be credited towards your Sealing or Expungement fee of $995.00. 

If the Sealing or Expungement Order is NOT granted, you are not responisible for the Stage 3 Payment.  If you paid the Stage 3 payment in advance, it will be refunded back to you.  

 If you have a Valid Certificate of Eligibility, obtained in the Past 12 months, Total Cost is $795.00

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