299) Can I Seal or Expunge more than 1 Case in FL? #HaberPA Miami Criminal Defense Lawyer
Channel: Michael Haber
Date: 2018-10-18

Can I Seal or Expunge more than 1 Case in FL?

In FL, sealing is available in a non-disqualified case if you received a withhold of adjudication, and expunction is available in a case which was dismissed, nolle pros'd, no actioned or where you were acquitted.

Again, depending on the disposition of the case, in Florida you can either seal OR expunge... you can’t do both, and whichever you choose to do you can only do once in your lifetime. 

Sometimes you can bootstrap more than one case into a Petition to Seal or to Expunge, but this can only happen in very limited circumstances, and in any event multiple cases absolutely have to be provably related to the same arrest or incident.  

In order to seal or expunge multiple cases you’re gonna have to convince FDLE and the Court (and, in the case of expungement, the State Attorney too) that there’s a sufficient nexus between the case for them to properly be considered as “one incident”, and believe me when I tell you that this is the exception to the rule... the rule being one and done.

As an unasked aside, and from a background check point of view, it probably doesn't matter where you were arrested, what you were arrested for, what the final disposition was or whether or not you seal or expunge the case. This is the internet age, where nothing is private, sacred or truly hidden from public scrutiny. 

Once it’s hit the net, unfortunately, that cat is never getting back into the bag.

Thank you for your question.  I appreciate your having asked it.  Please remember that at #HaberPA it’s all about reasonable doubt!

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