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No one can access sealed records without a court order. If your case was expunged, you can tell people the arrest or conviction did not happen. A government agency that has received an expungement order will say the same thing. The expungement order applies only to government agencies.

Expungement Cost $65 application fee ? File ?Application of Eligibility? with Utah Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI).

While some individuals will be eligible for automatic expungement, individuals with certain types of misdemeanors or felony records will not qualify and must go through the court based process or obtain a pardon. Utah's Expungement Act sets forth the rules for expunging criminal records under Utah law.

You must first obtain a certificate of eligibility from the Utah Bureau of Criminal Identification (BCI), before filing a petition to expunge records. Your expungement eligibility will be based upon your total criminal history, not just what has been reported to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.

Per Utah Code 77-40a-201 through 77-40a-203, a certificate of eligibility is not required for Auto/Clean Slate expungement. These expungements are initiated and completed via an automatic process in place between the Courts and BCI. There is no application process for Auto/Clean slate eligible expungement.

You aren't facing any other criminal chargesIf you were convicted, then you can have your records expunged after a certain number of years, depending on the severity of the crime: Misdemeanors under the Utah Traffic Code: 10 years. Felonies under the Utah Controlled Substance Act: 10 years. Other felonies: 7 years.