It may
come as a surprise to learn that individuals with a criminal history may seal
their criminal record.
If you are
interested in sealing your criminal record, the first step requires you to
decipher what crimes you have been convicted of and/or charged with. To do
this, you will need to obtain your Criminal History Report from the Department
of Public Safety and it is also recommended you obtain SCOPEs from each police
department that has arrested you.
You must
then make sure that you have met the required waiting period for each
conviction and charge. For all full list of waiting periods, please see NRS
179.245. Once all of your convictions and charges have met the required waiting
periods, you may initiate the process and petition the court to order that your
criminal record be sealed.
Nevada
Legal Services has partnered with the William S. Boyd School of Law to offer
weekly criminal record sealing classes on Friday mornings from 9 a.m. until 11
a.m. If you would like to learn about how to seal your criminal record, please
call 702-386-0404 to reserve a seat at our next Basics of Nevada Record Sealing
Class.
