New Jersey: Adult Convictions (NJ-C-9)

A person who is convicted of one or more crimes, or one or more disorderly persons, or petty disorderly persons offenses, and who is not otherwise eligible to obtain an expungement under any other section of chapter 52 of Title C of the New Jersey Statutes, can have their record expunged. N.J. Stat. § 2C:52-5.3.

Record Detail(s)

Misdemeanor

Previous Conviction Disqualifying

No statutory language

Mandatory / Discretionary

Mandatory

Hearing

No statutory language

Clearance Process

Petition-based

Remedy

Expunge

Ineligible Category or Citation

See N.J. Stat. § 2C:52-5.3 for ineligible offenses.

Procedure General

The person may submit an expungement application to the Superior Court in the county in which the most recent conviction for a crime or offense was adjudged. N.J. Stat. § 2C:52-5.3(b).

Fees

All court ordered financial obligations must be paid. N.J. Stat. § 2C:52-5.3(c).

Effect

Expungement means the extraction and isolation of all records on file within any court, detention or correctional facility, or law enforcement or criminal justice agency concerning a person's detection, apprehension, arrest, detention, trial, or disposition of an offense within the criminal justice system. N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:52-1. If an order of expungement is granted, the arrest, conviction, and any related proceedings will be deemed not to have occurred, and the petitioner can answer any questions relating to their occurrence accordingly except in the circumstances specified in section 2C:52-27.

Forms

There is no statutory language on forms.

Waiting Periods

There is a 10-year waiting period.

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