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To request the expungement of an offense from your STATE (not Federal) criminal record: You must have been exonerated, acquited, or served the complete term of your sentence - then file a petition/motion with the court setting forth valid reason(s) why your request should be granted. A judge will review your petition and the circumstances of your case and issue a ruling either granting or denying the request. AN EXPUNGEMENT IS NOT A PARDON! Expungement only removes the record of your offense from being available to the public. Law enforcement, the courts, and government agencies will always have access to your actual 'true' record.
FELONS CONVICTED IN STATE COURT OF STATE CRIMES: If your expungement is granted you will still remain subject to whatever restrictions state and Federal Laws place on you (e.g.- voting rights - elective office - firearms/ammunition possession - etc). UNLESS - you are a resident of a state which completely or partially restores your "privileges" (you will have to do your own search to learn if this applies to your state).
FEDERALLY CONVICTED FELONS: CAUTION: Regardless of what rights your state may restore, if you were convicted in FEDERAL Court of a FEDERAL FELONY - it is a felony offense for a federally convicted felon to EVER own or possess a firearm. The U.S. Criminal Code, makes the penalty for illegal possession of a firearm a mandatory minimum of fifteen (15) years in prison, in some cases (Title 18 U.S.C. sec 924(e)(1). At this time FEDERALLY convicted felons have no solution to their firearm disqualification. By denying funding for the purpose, Congress has effectively eliminated the review of federally convicted felons' petitions for restoration of their firearms privileges.
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Can you work for the state of North Carolina if you have a felony conviction?
You can work for the state of North Carolina if you have a felony conviction only if you can been pardoned. Once you are pardoned, all rights will return back to you.
Can you get a state job in VA after a felony conviction?
No..
Is it hard to get a felony pardoned?
Can you get an SES felony pardoned
You had a criminal conviction in Canada that has been pardoned Will that affect your US citizenship approval?
You don't say what offense your conviction was for. If it was the equivelant of a felony offense, it might cause them to look a little harder at you, but the fact that you were pardoned is certainly in your favor, and unless it was a sex crime, probably will not affect you.
How can a felon get pardoned to possess a firearm?
Being pardoned does not allow a felon to possess a firearm. Only an overturning of the conviction can do that.
Can a person own a shotgun if you had one felony 32 years ago?
If the felony conviction is still on your record, and has not been pardoned, overturned, or otherwise forgiven, then it is still a violation of federal (and probably every state law as well) to possess any type of firearm.
Can you be elected with a felony conviction?
No
Felony travel restrictions?
Can I travel to the Bahamas with a felony conviction
Is domestic violence a felony in Ohio?
First conviction is a first degree misdemeanor and second conviction is a fifth degree felony.
Can you posses a firearm after assault conviction in Louisiana?
If it's a felony conviction, no.
If you had a federal felony would that show up on a background check?
Yes, it would, unless the felony was expunged or pardoned.
Can you become an FBI with a felony conviction?
NO
