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Under the Clean Slate expungement law, people can submit a petition to expunge their criminal records if they can show that their convictions are ineligible for expungement under any other New Jersey law.
New Jersey Expungement Process. Currently, it takes approximately one year to obtain an expungement order in the state of New Jersey – although it could take more or less time, depending on your case. At Katherine O'Brien Law, we understand that time is of the essence for most of our expungement clients.
Before you can expunge the record of a conviction, you must wait for a set period beginning when you complete your sentence. For a disorderly persons offense, also known as a misdemeanor, the waiting period is five years, and for an indictable offense, also known as a felony, it is 10 years.
You can expunge no more than one indictable conviction and up to three disorderly persons offenses or petty disorderly persons offenses. The court can order an immediate expungement if a case is dismissed or the defendant is acquitted and found not guilty on all counts.
Under New Jersey's “clean slate” provision, you may be eligible to expunge an entire record of arrests and convictions.
Before you can expunge the record of a conviction, you must wait for a set period beginning when you complete your sentence. For a disorderly persons offense, also known as a misdemeanor, the waiting period is five years, and for an indictable offense, also known as a felony, it is 10 years.