Q: What if I don’t want to wait until the automatic expungement is effective?Ī: You may be eligible to apply for expungement under current law. That means the earliest it will become effective is December 30, 2022 4980): This bill has a two-year implementation period. Because they were signed on October 12, 2020, the expected effective date of these bills is April 11, 2021.
4981-85 & 5120): These bills become effective 180 days from the day they are signed by the governor. Q: When will the new law become effective?Ī: There are different answers for the bills related to the petition process and the automatic expungement. Q: What does the new “Clean Slate” law do?Ī: The new law expands eligibility to petition for an expungement in several ways, and creates a new process that will automatically seal certain non-violent conviction records if a person has remained conviction-free for a period of time (seven years for misdemeanors 10 years for felonies).
This process is generally referred to as an expungement, or sometimes as “record-sealing” or a “set-aside.” In Michigan, law enforcement retains a non-public record of the conviction in some other states, “expungement” means all records of the conviction are destroyed. Q: What is an expungement or “set-aside” under Michigan law?Ī: Michigan law (as of January 2021) permits a person with no more than one felony or two misdemeanor convictions on their record to petition a court to remove their conviction(s) from the public record.
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