Having an arrest or indictment on your criminal background record can be devastating to your life. Often people find it difficult to obtain and maintain employment or qualify for a lease with an unwanted record in your criminal background.
   You may be entitled to have your Texas criminal record cleaned. Here are a few quick indications for qualification:

Texas Expunction / Expungement

   A Texas expunction is a complete deletion of an entire criminal file. This has its obvious advantages, but there are strict requirements for qualification.
   If you were:

• suspected of a crime, but never arrested
• arrested but never charged
• charged but the charges were later dismissed
• charged but were acquitted at trial
• convicted at trial, but reversed on appeal
• convicted at trial, but later pardoned by the governor
• or received deferred adjudication for a Class C Misdemeanor

then you may qualify for an expunction.

Order of Non-Disclosure

   An order of non-disclosure seals a record and prevents anyone other than law enforcement from viewing the record without a court order.
   An order of non-disclosure is available to those that received deferred adjudication probation and successfully completed the probation.
   For felonies, there is a five year waiting period from the date that you completed the probation. For some misdemeanors, there is a two year waiting period and for other misdemeanors, there is no waiting period.