Arrest With No Conviction In Utah
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Class A Misdemeanor - 5 years. Class B Misdemeanor - 4 years. Class C Misdemeanors and Infraction Convictions - 3 years from closing date. Other Misdemeanor or Infraction - 3 years.
In March 2019, Utah lawmakers unanimously passed HB 431, Utah's Clean Slate law, which automatically clears qualifying misdemeanor records.
The only way a criminal history can be purged is through an expungement or sealing (different states use different terms, but they mean essentially the same thing) of each arrest and/or conviction. That process requires hiring an attorney, and there is no guarantee it will come out the way you like.
Record Expungement Eligibility Misdemeanors under the Utah Traffic Code: 10 years. Felonies under the Utah Controlled Substance Act: 10 years. Other felonies: 7 years. Class A misdemeanors: 5 years. Class B misdemeanors: 4 years. Other misdemeanors or infractions: 3 years.
It can take several months for BCI to process your request. Once you receive your certificate, you will have 180 days from when it was issued to file it, along with the Petition to Expunge Records, with the court. If the certificate expires, you will have to request a new one.
In Utah, a misdemeanor is not simply wiped from a person's criminal record after a certain amount of time has passed. Instead, a criminal record will remain on a person's record until they successfully file for a criminal record expungement.
Expungement Eligibility U.C.A. 77-40a-101(10) defines “expunge” as means to seal or otherwise restrict the access to the petitioner's record of arrest, investigation, detention, or conviction held by an agency. ing to U.C.A.
Utah's Clean Slate law requires certain criminal records to be expunged automatically. Find out if your record has been automatically expunged and how this can help you.
