How to Expunge Your Record in Wisconsin
Expunging a court record means the entire criminal conviction and all supporting documents will be sealed and no one will be allowed access without a court order. Wisconsin law allows courts to expunge records in which the person arrested is released without being charged or has his case dismissed by the prosecutor or is acquitted during trial.
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How to Expunge Your Record in Wisconsin
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Check the type of criminal conviction you have. If you were convicted of a crime, you may only expunge your criminal record (1) if it was a misdemeanor and you were under the age of 21 at sentencing and you successfully completed your sentence; or (2) you may petition the court to expunge your record if you were convicted as a juvenile and you have reached the age of 17. If no conviction resulted from your charge, you may also request to have your record expunged. You must have completed a first-offender program which resulted in no prosecution or dismissal of all charges.
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Get fingerprinted. Information in Wisconsin's criminal history repository is identified by fingerprint. You must include a fingerprint on the Fingerprint Record Removal Request form found on the Wisconsin Department of Justice website. The fingerprint you submit on the form will be compared to the arrest fingerprints on file to ensure the proper record is expunged.
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Submit a completed form DJ-LE-250B, Fingerprint Record Removal Request. The form asks for your contact information, your arresting agency, all your arrest charges and the disposition of each charge.
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Send copies of any information you have showing your charge was dismissed or not prosecuted. Including documentation of your dismissal or non-prosecution will help speed up the expunging process because the Crime Information Bureau will not have to spend time looking up your information.
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Tips & Warnings
If you do not qualify to have your record expunged in Wisconsin, you may wish to contact the governor's office and request a pardon. A pardon will not remove the arrest from your record, but your record will show that the governor has pardoned you. If Wisconsin reported your arrest to the FBI, the FBI will be notified to remove the arrest information from its records.
