Expungement Law Blog & News

Upon filing a Petition and Order of Expunction a lengthy process begins, roughly between 6 to 9 months. One of the appointed Judges will handle the initial signing of the petition, at which point it is then sent to the SBI (State Bureau of Investigation) for extensive...

You may be thinking “This is the first conviction I have ever had, I can get this immediately removed from my criminal record!”  Unfortunately, you would be wrong in your assumption.  Regardless if this was your first conviction or your one hundredth, North Carolina...

In North Carolina, you may have your criminal record expunged, i.e. erased, however not everyone is eligible for an expungement.  If the North Carolina expungement petition is granted, and your record expunged, then each agency who had any involvement with the case...

If the answer to these questions is yes, you may be under the impression that these offenses will be removed or "fall off" from your record.  Unfortunately, in the state of North Carolina, dismissed charges stay on your criminal record forever unless they are...

So after months of job-searching, resume tweaking, and first-round interviews, you have finally found the perfect job. Now you are just a few steps away from obtaining your dream job, but there’s just one thing standing in your way: the Pre-Employment Background...

Are you facing drug charges in Wake County?  The Law Offices of Wiley Nickel, PLLC can help! In the state of North Carolina, drug offenses are serious business. Thanks in part to mandatory minimum sentences, even a small amount of the wrong substance could land you in...

Lots of people think that some criminal charges are just small infractions that don’t really matter.  They want to just “pay the ticket.”  What they’re really saying is that they don’t want to pay for an attorney.  This is a terrible decision.  In Wake County, the...

Mary Beth joins our team after working for the past year at the Wake County Clerk of Court Office.  While working in the Clerk’s Office, she gained valuable experience handling all of the Wake County District Court expungements.  Mary Beth has an insiders perspective...

Is it possible to have a Felony expunged from my record in North Carolina?  The answer is… Yes! There are several different factors which come into play when applying for a Felony expungement.  First you must know whether the felony charge resulted in a conviction or...

How does it work to get a conviction expunged? A new law on the books in North Carolina that could allow you to have a felony or misdemeanor conviction expunged if it fits specific statutory criteria. 1)   The conviction must be a misdemeanor or level H-I felony and...