New Jersey Expungement

Free Expungement Court Form and Instructions

New Jersey law provides a limited right to expungement. The purpose of New Jersey’s expungement law is to give a person who has either one or very few convictions a “fresh start.” The law also provides for the removal of records of arrests where the arrest did not end in a conviction. The New Jersey expungement law states in detail who is eligible for an expungement. You should review the current applicable provisions of N.J.S.A. 2C:52-1 et seq. to determine if you are eligible. An eligible person must prepare and file a Petition for Expungement. The Petition for Expungement must be filed in the Superior Court in the county where the arrest or prosecution took place. A judge then decides whether the person should be granted an Expungement Order. An Expungement Order means that, with some exceptions, the criminal proceedings “never happened.”

Expunge Criminal Record In New Jersey

New Jersey statutes allow expungement of indictable offenses and disorderly offenses, if the defendant does not have any prior or subsequent indictable offenses, less than 3 convicted disorderly offenses when expunging an indictable offense, and less convictions 4 when expunging a disorderly offense.[10] All fines must be paid, and a waiting period that begins at the completion of the sentence must be met (5 years for disorderly offenses – 10 years for indictable offenses). Not all offenses are eligible.