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Under Michigan law a person that has been convicted of a crime may apply to have one felony or two misdemeanor convictions expunged from their record. If you are able to answer "no" to all of the following seven questions may be eligible to have your adult criminal conviction set aside and made nonpublic.

A conviction, whether it is a misdemeanor or felony, will stay on your record forever unless you take steps to expunge it. Eight years is not that long ago. Unless the court staff failed to input your conviction, it is likely to show up on a records check.

The time frame for applying for an expungement in Michigan is five years. That means five years of a spotless record. If you were convicted of a crime and served any jail time, the five years begins once you have been released.

Under Michigan law a person that has been convicted of a crime may apply to have one felony or two misdemeanor convictions expunged from their record. If you are able to answer "no" to all of the following seven questions may be eligible to have your adult criminal conviction set aside and made nonpublic.

Do Misdemeanors Go Away? If you were arrested, but not convicted of a misdemeanor crime, then that arrest may show up on a background check up to seven years after the court record was originally filed. This is subject to the laws set forth by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).

Legally speaking, a misdemeanor is on your record for life. However, in some cases, background checks will only go back a certain number of years. ... Generally, this rule bars background check companies from reporting any criminal convictions that are more than seven years old.

"Other states allow DUI convictions to be expunged after the individual is off probation and has completed all probation requirements, this is not the case in Michigan. There is a statute that prohibits a person from even attempting to have a traffic offense conviction expunged, including a drunk driving conviction."

Getting a DUI off Your Driving Record In California, a DUI stays on your driving record with the DMV for 10 years. ... If you have any past DUI conviction, even from before the law changed, it will now stay on your record the full 10 years. In the future, the period could be even longer.

Michigan Felony DUI Charges. In Michigan, if you are convicted of three drunk driving offenses within your lifetime, you will be charged with a felony. Causing the serious injury or death of another person while driving drunk even if it is your first offense will also be charged as a felony.

If you have multiple DUI convictions, the chances are almost zero that you can get them sealed. Most states have a time limit in which you must have maintained a clean criminal record to be eligible for expungement. Again, it varies from state to state and can range from three years to 10 years.

A conviction, whether it is a misdemeanor or felony, will stay on your record forever unless you take steps to expunge it. Eight years is not that long ago. Unless the court staff failed to input your conviction, it is likely to show up on a records check.

You cannot expunge sex offender information. Juvenile records and first-time misdemeanor convictions can be sealed. Arrests, misdemeanors and some felonies may be expunged depending on severity of the crime.

Do Misdemeanors Go Away? If you were arrested, but not convicted of a misdemeanor crime, then that arrest may show up on a background check up to seven years after the court record was originally filed.

In some cases, it is possible to get an assault charge expunged from your record. If this is an option for you, this is almost always a good thing to attempt. Complete all of the requirements set by the court for the assault conviction. ... This is especially true if you are convicted of another violent crime.

In most cases, the answer to this question is yes. Misdemeanors are considered a part of any criminal record. Therefore, if an employer runs a criminal background check on you and your record includes a misdemeanor offense, that offense is likely to show up on the check.