Learn How To ‘Expunge’ Your Court Record At Newark Workshop

NEWARK, NJ — An upcoming expungement clinic in Newark will help people with low-level criminal offenses in New Jersey to clear their records and get a fresh start.

The clinic will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, July 21 at the Unified Vailsburg Service Organization (USVO) building, 40 Richelieu Terrace.

This event will assist New Jersey residents with getting their record clean for New Jersey based offenses and can provide residents with a court ordered expungement, organizers said.

The clinic is being supported by the New Jersey Office of the Public Defender, Stono Public Affairs and New Jersey Assemblyman Chigozie Onyema.

According to state authorities, court-ordered expungements can remove the following information from a person’s record:

• an arrest
• all court proceedings related to a case
• a criminal or juvenile conviction
• the outcome of a case, including sentence

“In most cases, you must wait five years after your sentence is served,” the New Jersey Courts advises. “All fines and fees must be paid. Sometimes, you can file for expungement after four years. You can expunge no more than one indictable conviction and up to three disorderly persons offenses or petty disorderly persons offenses.”

Legal Services of New Jersey notes that some criminal convictions can’t be expunged in New Jersey. The list includes murder, sexual offenses, robbery, arson, terrorism and other serious crimes.

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