Record Expungement

Seal Your Criminal Record

Delaware Record Expungement Attorney

It is often possible to have arrest records and other documents associated with criminal charges sealed from public view. If you were not convicted of the crime, expungement allows you to live your life without worrying about repercussions on employment, education, credit or housing.

Rahaim & Saints of Wilmington, Delaware, assists clients in New Castle County and across Delaware in the process of expunging criminal records. To find out if you qualify, contact us for a free initial consultation.

Record Expungement in Delaware

Expungement seals all criminal records associated with an arrest. An official copy is kept for law enforcement eyes only, but records open to public view are destroyed. The arrest will not turn up in a criminal background check by schools, lenders or employers. After expungement, you can legally state on an application that you were never arrested. We have helped many high schoolers, college students, professionals and people seeking security clearance to erase this black mark from their files.

Any conviction (guilty plea or found guilty at trial) cannot be expunged if you were an adult (age 18) at the time. However, most juvenile convictions can be expunged.

You are eligible for expungement in Delaware if:

• You were found not guilty at trial
• Charges were dismissed by the court
• Prosecutors dropped the charges (nolle pros)
• You received probation before judgment
• You qualified for a drug diversion program

Most misdemeanor and felony arrests can be sealed, with the exception of drunk driving charges: If you entered the First Offender program to avoid the harsher penalties of a conviction at trial, your DUI records cannot be expunged; if you fought your DUI and were acquitted, your case can be expunged.

Senior partner Drew Rahaim has over 25 years of experience in handling matters relating to criminal law. He carefully drafts the expungement petition and files it with the court. In most cases, the petition is granted within a few months.

Contact Rahaim & Saints today to discuss your case. The waiting period before you can file depends on the nature of the charges. Call our Wilmington office (302-892-9200) and Newark office (302-832-1800) for a free initial consultation.