The process to get a charge removed from your criminal history is called an expunction (or expungement), and there are some preliminary eligibility requirements. In order for a case to be expunged it needs to have been dismissed (not deferred adjudication) or the defendant must have been found not guilty at a trial, and the defendant must have received no convictions and no probation higher than a Class C deferred disposition out of that incident. In the event of an acquittal or if the defendant successfully completed a pretrial diversion program, the eligibility for the expunction is immediate, and in the event of a not guilty verdict, the filing fees are waived if it is pursued within 30 days of the verdict. If not the result of one of the above outcomes, and based upon a dismissal, the defendant must wait the statute of limitations, and add any time that the case was pending and filed (after the prosecutor filed a complaint or the grand jury returned an indictment in the event of a felony), in order to be eligible.