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How to seal your juvenile & criminal records in California / by Warren Siegel ; edited by Janet Portman & James Judd.

by Siegel, Warren.

Berkeley, Calif : Nolo, 2000.

Criminal records -- Expungement -- California -- Popular works.

Criminal records -- California -- Popular works.

1 v. (various pagings) : ill., forms ; 28 cm.

Introduction. ch. 1. Criminal records: what do they mean? How to answer questions about your criminal record -- How can a criminal convictions record harm you? -- Restraining orders and guns -- Conclusion. ch. 2. Background about criminal records. What is a criminal record? -- Who can look at your criminal record? -- How to get a copy of your criminal record -- Correcting errors on your criminal record -- Criminal matters on credit records. ch. 3. If you come into contact with "the law" again. Introduction -- Criminal records and the innocent citizen -- Your cleaned-up record lives on -- Criminal records and the repeat offender -- Three strikes and you're out. ch. 4. How to find your record-cleaning remedy. Introduction -- Some preliminary information -- Some preliminary questions. ch. 5. Juvenile delinquency and status offense records. [W&I sec. 781] Introduction -- Are you eligible to seal your juvenile record? -- Roadmap review -- Practical results of record sealing -- How to get your records sealed -- Which court forms to use. ch. 6. Your juvenile dependency record. [W&I sec. 389] ch. 7. Marijuana records. [H&S sec. 11261.5(b)] Introduction -- Destruction of post-1976 marijuana bust records -- Getting rid of your pre-1976 marijuana record -- Applying to get your pre-1976 marijuana record wiped out -- When your record is destroyed. ch. 8. Criminal convictions with probation. [PC sec. 1203.4] Introduction -- Are you eligible to have your conviction dismissed? -- The practical effects of getting your conviction dismissed -- How to dismiss your conviction -- Which court forms to use. ch. 9. Misdemeanor convictions with no probation. [PC sec. 1203.4a] Introduction -- Are you eligible to have your misdemeanor conviction dismissed? -- Getting your misdemeanor conviction dismissed -- Which court forms to use. ch. 10. Softening the effects of your felony conviction. [PC sec. 17(b)(3)] Reducing certain felony convictions to misdemeanors -- How to reduce your wobbler conviction -- Which court forms to use -- Other remedies for ex-felons. ch. 11. Adult arrest and detention records. [PC sec. 851.8] Introduction -- Are you eligible to wipe out your arrest record? -- What happens to your record after it's sealed? ch. 12. Juvenile misdemeanor convictions. [PC sec. 1203.45] Are you eligible to get your misdemeanor conviction record sealed? -- What records can Be sealed? -- Benefits of record sealing -- How to start the procedure -- Which court forms to use. ch. 13. Arrest records of juveniles treated as adults. [PC sec. 851.7] When can this procedure be used? -- Benefits of sealing misdemeanor arrest records. ch. 14 . Honorable discharges from youth parole board. [W&I sec. 1772] Who can use this procedure? -- When can you start proceedings to dismiss your case? -- Benefits of getting your case dismissed -- How to start the procedure -- Which court forms to use -- Automatic dismissal of case after honorable discharge from CYA correction school. ch. 15. Rehabilitated narcotics addicts. [W&I sec. 3200(b)] Are you eligible to get your criminal charges dismissed? -- Benefits of getting your case dismissed. ch. 16. Federal convictions. [18 USC 3607] The presidential pardon -- The federal courts' power of expungement -- Recent federal drug convictions -- Old federal juvenile drug convictions -- Federal Youth Corrections Act sentences.

Rev. ed. of: The criminal records book. 5th California ed. 1996.

How to expunge criminal records using section 1203 of the California Penal Code, and seal juvenile records using sections of the California Welfare & Institutions Code.

Additional Author:

Portman, Janet.

Judd, James, 1926-

Siegel, Warren. Criminal records book.

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