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State Commissioner announces Expungements!
Hello Citizens,
The San Andreas Judicial Branch is very happy to announce the enactment of the Expungement Act 2025! This bill is pivotal to ensuring the citizens of our state have every opportunity available to them to turn a new leaf. This Act is available to view on our State Laws page.
So, how do expungements work?
In order to give our citizens the best chance at getting their record expunged, the process has been made as simple as possible. Please be advised that since this is a new law that has been passed, there will be a high volume of applications - please bear with the courts while we handle this busy period.
The citizen requesting the expungement, known as the applicant, must go to the government email system and open an expungement request, under the 'contact us' page. Once this is done, the applicant must fill out the application detailed within the request to the best of their ability. Lying on an application will result in an automatic denial.
Once the applicant has completed their application, their side of the process is complete!
So, what happens next?
Once the applicant has filed their application with the courts, the presiding Judge will instruct the District Attorney's Office to conduct an enhanced background check - this checks the applicants background for prior and recent gang affiliation, involvement in recent criminal investigations, and any other tags that the applicant may have, such as terrorism, hostage taking, etc.
If this background check comes back clear, the presiding Judge will evaluate the reasoning given by the applicant in their application and decide one of three outcomes.
The application is successful, and the record will be expunged.
The application is unsuccessful, and the record will not be expunged.
The Judge is unsure, and will declare an expungement hearing.
What will the applicants record look like after an expungement?
If the application is successful, the applicants record will be void of all convictions. However, the presiding Judge will enter a record of the applicants prior criminal history to the court expungement records. If the applicant then re-offends, the charges will be reapplied to their record and their right to a future expungement will be at risk.
For further information about expungements, please join the government email system and open an expungement request.
written by Jamie Lawson
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