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Timestamp: 2018-02-25 09:37:25
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Oklahoma Expungement Cheat Sheet
Articles, Expungement, State Crimes
Generally speaking, there are two types of expungements, described in state law in 22 O.S. §991c and 22 O.S. §§18 and 19.
A 22 O.S. §991c is the most common and the easiest to achieve. That statute holds an expungement will be granted if the individual completed all of the conditions of a deferred sentence.
Yes, that is literally all they have to do, thanks to the new law. However, it should be noted that the individual is only entitled to have the initial verdict or plea of guilty/nolo contedere expunged. Here’s what it looks like if an individual’s record is expunged under 22 O.S. §991c:
All references to the defendant’s name shall be deleted from the docket sheet;
The public index of the filing of the charge shall be expunged by deletion, mark-out, or obliteration;
No information concerning the confidential file shall be revealed or released, except upon written order of a judge of the district court or upon written request by the named defendant to the court clerk for the purpose of updating the defendant’s criminal history record with the OSBI; and
In simpler terms, an expungement pursuant to 22 O.S. §991c does not clear a defendant’s record regarding any arrest that may have led to the charges and deferred sentence. The relief granted pursuant to 22 O.S. §991c refers exclusively to court records and the verdict or plea of guilty or no contest. Successful completion of a deferred sentence does not authorize the expungement of criminal arrest records.
Expungements of court records pursuant to 22 O.S. §991c require only that a defendant successfully meet all conditions of his sentence. Expungements of arrest records (22 O.S. §§18 and 19), however, require that an individual meet one of twelve specific qualifications in order to be entitled to petition the court for expungement. The statutory requirements under §18 follow :
For purposes of this act, “expungement” shall mean the sealing of criminal records. Records expunged pursuant to paragraphs 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 of this section shall be sealed to the public, but not to law enforcement agencies for law enforcement purposes. Records expunged pursuant to paragraphs 8, 9, 10, and 11 of this section shall be admissible in any subsequent criminal prosecution to prove the existence of a prior conviction or prior deferred judgment without the necessity of a court order requesting the unsealing of said records.
For your information, here’s how the new expungement laws enacted by HB2609 will be different from the previous version of the law:
Allows for the expungement of multiple misdemeanors or felonies, so long as they “arise out of the same transaction or occurrence.”
Allows for the expungement of more than one misdemeanor conviction, after ten years have passed from the latest conviction.
Allows for the expungement of a felony conviction, even after a misdemeanor conviction, so long as the misdemeanor conviction occurred over fifteen years ago and the felony conviction over ten years ago (people believe this will be the biggest influx the courts will see).
Allows for the expungement of Pardon & Parole Board records, which were previously unexpungeable and served as permanent remnants of the expungement of any felony conviction.