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Call for a FREE Consultation to Clean Up Your Criminal Record
Daniel C. Grupenhagen Attorney at Law
1901 Newport Boulevard, Suite 350
Costa Mesa, CA 92627
949-999-2028
949-999-2031 fax |
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we Serve the following cities in Orange County,
California
Anaheim, Aliso Viejo, Balboa, Brea, Buena Park, Corona Del Mar,
Costa Mesa, Coto De Caza, Cypress, Cerritos, Dana Point, Foothill,
Fountain Valley, Fullerton, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, Irvine,
La Habra, La Palma, Los Alamitos, Laguna Beach, Laguna Hills, Laguna
Niguel, Laguna Woods, Lake Forest, Los Alamitos, Mission Viejo,
Midway City, Newport Beach, Orange, Placentia, Rancho Santa Margarita,
San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, Santa Ana, Seal Beach, Stanton,
Sunset Beach, Tustin, Trabuco Canyon, Villa Park, Westminster,
Yorba Linda |
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Cleaning Up Your Criminal Record
 There are several avenues we can employ to clean up your criminal
record in Orange County: seal or destroy a record of arrest,
petition for a finding of factual innocence, expunge a conviction,
or seek a certificate of rehabilitation and a pardon.
we can petition to seal or destroy your criminal arrest record. If
you have been arrested, based on the outcome of the criminal
proceedings, you may be able to pursue this remedy against the
agency that arrested you. The result is, anyone doing
a background check in the city where you were arrested would
not find any record of your arrest. Police records are
subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act
or Freedom of Information Act. This mean anyone can request
them, and you don’t want them to find anything.
we can also petition the court to expunge your criminal record
whether you have plead guilty or been found guilty. Whether
you were placed on probation or not, an expungement in Orange
County Superior Court allows your “rap” sheet to
reflect charges were dismissed, instead of showing that you were
convicted. The filing fees for an expungment in Orange
County are $120 if you were placed on probation, and $60 if you
weren’t. Once the petition is granted, when asked
if on a job application whether you have ever been convicted
of crime, you can proudly answer “NO”!
In the more serious matters, it may be necessary then to file
for a certificate of rehabilitation to restore your rights if
you have been convicted of a felony. A certificate of
rehabilitation in Orange County is the one legal proceeding that
allows for termination of sex offender registration. With
the growing desire by society to publish and share the information
in the registration database, under certain circumstances, a
certificate of rehabilitation from Orange County provides the
only relief from the requirements of Penal Code § 290.
To seek a pardon from the Governor, one must follow specific legal
steps, including first requesting and receiving a certificate of
rehabilitation. This is a lengthy, time consuming process. You
should only turn to a qualified and competent attorney who has
successfully helped clients obtain such relief. Call me
today to help you with your request to clean up your record, today.
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