Some of our clients with DUI convictions hope to start fresh and have questions about the difference between sealed and expunged records. Expunging a record means the state destroys the record completely so it no longer exists in any criminal agency and doesn’t appear in any background checks or on public records.
A sealed record means the state seals away the record of the conviction from the public and makes it available only to certain criminal justice agencies and some licensing agencies relating to sensitive types of employment.