Can I Seal or Expunge My Criminal Record in Illinois? Dealing with a criminal record in the state of Illinois? Combs Waterkotte attorney Joshua Boardman discusses the possibility of expunging your record in Illinois.
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Interview Transcript
Scott Michael Dunn: So, just for the sake of clarity, I can clear, seal, or expunge my criminal record in Illinois?
Joshua Boardman: The truthful answer on this is you should contact a criminal defense attorney because under the expungement or sealing statutes in Illinois, my process is someone will come to me and say hey I was convicted of this crime and then what I’ll do is I’ll go to the statute and see is it eligible. Was it a violent crime? If so, it’s likely precluded from ever being eligible from expungement. You’ve got to go, you try to get it, have it removed perhaps through a governor’s pardon or something like that. So to say generally that I have a criminal record but I can either seal or expunge it, that’s not always the case. It’s important to find somebody that can walk through the categories or classifications of what’s eligible and what’s not.
