Other than eligibility requirements, Certificates of Relief from Disabilities and Certificates of Good Conduct are essentially the same, both in what benefits they can provide and what they cannot. What they can provide is relief from certain disabilities and forfeitures of rights that are “imposed by law by reason of” a past misdemeanor or felony conviction. Correction Law § 703-a (2). Some notable examples of lost rights which may be recovered by either certificate include the right to apply for – although not necessarily receive – a professional license, the right to apply for a license to carry and possess firearms, the ability to receive a conditional driver’s license during the period of lost driving privileges after a DWI conviction, and restore civil rights, like the right to vote for those on a prolonged or indefinite period of probation or parole.