{
  "name": "Criminal record expungement and sealing waiting periods by state",
  "description": "How long after a conviction can someone petition to expunge or seal it? Every state sets its own clock, tiered by offense class (petty offense, misdemeanor, felony, and finer subclasses many states use), and the clock rarely starts at conviction \u2014 most states measure from final discharge, sentence completion, or release from supervision, not the conviction date itself. Getting this wrong is expensive: filing a petition before the statutory window opens gets it summarily denied, and job and housing applications increasingly ask 'has your record been sealed', so the waiting period is the actual gating fact behind that question. One record per state per offense tier \u2014 e.g. 'petty offense', 'class 2/3 misdemeanor', 'class 4-6 felony' \u2014 quoted verbatim from that state's own revised statutes, never from a law-firm summary or the otherwise-excellent Collateral Consequences Resource Center's narrative write-ups (real and current, but prose, not a queryable table, and without a consistent statute citation per fact). The period is recorded in the statute's own words, not converted, because the conversion is where these tables go wrong \u2014 'three years' should never become '1095 days'. Answers 'how long before I can expunge a misdemeanor in Ohio', 'when can a felony be sealed in Arizona', 'expungement waiting period by state'. This is a deadline lookup, not legal advice: many states carve out entire offense categories (violent, sexual, DUI, offenses against minors) as permanently ineligible regardless of time elapsed, and the record notes this where the statute states it in the same breath as the waiting period. A separate, harder-to-source fact \u2014 whether a state has enacted 'Clean Slate' automatic expungement (no petition required) \u2014 is a strong candidate to add as its own field once sourced; several states adopted or activated it in 2025-2026 (Illinois January 2026, DC January 2026, Virginia July 2026, Missouri SB 1421 pending an operative date), which is exactly the kind of change that leaves old answers wrong.",
  "url": "https://referencesource.org/criminal-record-expungement-waiting-periods-by-state/",
  "licence": "Facts taken from US state statutes, each with a verbatim attributed quote and a link back to the publishing legislature or revisor. The text of a state statute is an edict of government and carries no copyright (a US-wide rule since Wheaton v. Peters, restated for annotations in Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). No whole chapter is reproduced: each record carries one tier's operative phrase. No source used here carries a restrictive notice.",
  "last_verified": "2026-09-02",
  "stale_after": "2027-09-02",
  "sources": [
    "https://www.azleg.gov/viewdocument/?docName=https://www.azleg.gov/ars/13/00911.htm",
    "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN&sectionNum=1203.4",
    "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN&sectionNum=1203.41",
    "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN&sectionNum=1203.4a",
    "https://colorado.public.law/statutes/crs_24-72-706",
    "https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-780-621d",
    "https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_15A/GS_15A-145.5.html",
    "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2953.32",
    "https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title19.2/section19.2-392.12/",
    "https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=9.94A.640",
    "https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=9.96.060"
  ],
  "records": [
    {
      "offense_class": "Class 1 misdemeanor",
      "state": "Arizona",
      "waiting_period": "Three years",
      "measured_from": "the person completed the nonmonetary conditions of probation or sentence and was discharged by the court",
      "citation": "13-911",
      "id": "arizona-class-1-misdemeanor",
      "url": "https://referencesource.org/criminal-record-expungement-waiting-periods-by-state/arizona-class-1-misdemeanor/",
      "source": "https://www.azleg.gov/viewdocument/?docName=https://www.azleg.gov/ars/13/00911.htm",
      "source_quote": "3. Three years for a class 1 misdemeanor.",
      "verified_fields": [
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        "measured_from",
        "waiting_period"
      ],
      "derived_fields": [
        "offense_class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "offense_class": "Class 2 or 3 felony",
      "state": "Arizona",
      "waiting_period": "Ten years",
      "measured_from": "the person completed the nonmonetary conditions of probation or sentence and was discharged by the court",
      "citation": "13-911",
      "id": "arizona-class-2-or-3-felony",
      "url": "https://referencesource.org/criminal-record-expungement-waiting-periods-by-state/arizona-class-2-or-3-felony/",
      "source": "https://www.azleg.gov/viewdocument/?docName=https://www.azleg.gov/ars/13/00911.htm",
      "source_quote": "1. Ten years for a class 2 or 3 felony.",
      "verified_fields": [
        "citation",
        "measured_from",
        "waiting_period"
      ],
      "derived_fields": [
        "offense_class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "offense_class": "Class 2 or 3 misdemeanor",
      "state": "Arizona",
      "waiting_period": "Two years",
      "measured_from": "the person completed the nonmonetary conditions of probation or sentence and was discharged by the court",
      "citation": "13-911",
      "id": "arizona-class-2-or-3-misdemeanor",
      "url": "https://referencesource.org/criminal-record-expungement-waiting-periods-by-state/arizona-class-2-or-3-misdemeanor/",
      "source": "https://www.azleg.gov/viewdocument/?docName=https://www.azleg.gov/ars/13/00911.htm",
      "source_quote": "4. Two years for a class 2 or 3 misdemeanor.",
      "verified_fields": [
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        "measured_from",
        "waiting_period"
      ],
      "derived_fields": [
        "offense_class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "offense_class": "Class 4, 5 or 6 felony",
      "state": "Arizona",
      "waiting_period": "Five years",
      "measured_from": "the person completed the nonmonetary conditions of probation or sentence and was discharged by the court",
      "citation": "13-911",
      "id": "arizona-class-4-5-or-6-felony",
      "url": "https://referencesource.org/criminal-record-expungement-waiting-periods-by-state/arizona-class-4-5-or-6-felony/",
      "source": "https://www.azleg.gov/viewdocument/?docName=https://www.azleg.gov/ars/13/00911.htm",
      "source_quote": "2. Five years for a class 4, 5 or 6 felony.",
      "verified_fields": [
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        "measured_from",
        "waiting_period"
      ],
      "derived_fields": [
        "offense_class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "offense_class": "New petition after a petition to seal was denied",
      "state": "Arizona",
      "waiting_period": "three years",
      "measured_from": "the date of the denial",
      "citation": "13-911",
      "id": "arizona-new-petition-after-a-petition-to-seal-was-denied",
      "url": "https://referencesource.org/criminal-record-expungement-waiting-periods-by-state/arizona-new-petition-after-a-petition-to-seal-was-denied/",
      "source": "https://www.azleg.gov/viewdocument/?docName=https://www.azleg.gov/ars/13/00911.htm",
      "source_quote": "L. If the court denies a petition to seal case records, a person may not file a new petition until three years after the date of the denial.",
      "verified_fields": [
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        "measured_from",
        "waiting_period"
      ],
      "derived_fields": [
        "offense_class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "offense_class": "Subsequent felony after an earlier sealing",
      "state": "Arizona",
      "waiting_period": "an additional five years",
      "measured_from": "the applicable period of time prescribed in subsection E of this section for the subsequent felony offense has expired",
      "citation": "13-911",
      "id": "arizona-subsequent-felony-after-an-earlier-sealing",
      "url": "https://referencesource.org/criminal-record-expungement-waiting-periods-by-state/arizona-subsequent-felony-after-an-earlier-sealing/",
      "source": "https://www.azleg.gov/viewdocument/?docName=https://www.azleg.gov/ars/13/00911.htm",
      "source_quote": "F. A person whose case records have been sealed pursuant to subsection E of this section and who commits a subsequent felony offense may petition the court pursuant to subsection E of this section to seal the person's records of arrest, conviction and sentence relating to the subsequent felony offense after the applicable period of time prescribed in subsection E of this section for the subsequent felony offense has expired and an additional five years have passed.",
      "verified_fields": [
        "citation",
        "measured_from",
        "waiting_period"
      ],
      "derived_fields": [
        "offense_class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "offense_class": "Conviction on which probation was granted and completed",
      "state": "California",
      "waiting_period": "at any time",
      "measured_from": "the termination of the period of probation",
      "citation": "1203.4",
      "id": "california-conviction-on-which-probation-was-granted-and-completed",
      "url": "https://referencesource.org/criminal-record-expungement-waiting-periods-by-state/california-conviction-on-which-probation-was-granted-and-completed/",
      "source": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN&sectionNum=1203.4",
      "source_quote": "1203.4. (a) (1) When a defendant has fulfilled the conditions of probation for the entire period of probation, or has been discharged prior to the termination of the period of probation, or in any other case in which a court, in its discretion and the interest of justice, determines that a defendant should be granted the relief available under this section, the defendant shall, at any time after the termination of the period of probation, if they are not then serving a sentence for an offense, on probation for an offense, or charged with the commission of an offense, be permitted by the court to withdraw their plea of guilty or plea of nolo contendere and enter a plea of not guilty",
      "verified_fields": [
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        "measured_from",
        "waiting_period"
      ],
      "derived_fields": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "offense_class": "Felony served in state prison or on a straight county-jail sentence under Penal Code 1170(h)(5)(A)",
      "state": "California",
      "waiting_period": "two years",
      "measured_from": "the defendant\u2019s completion of the sentence",
      "citation": "1203.41",
      "id": "california-felony-served-in-state-prison-or-on-a-straight-county-jail-sentence-under-penal-",
      "url": "https://referencesource.org/criminal-record-expungement-waiting-periods-by-state/california-felony-served-in-state-prison-or-on-a-straight-county-jail-sentence-under-penal-/",
      "source": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN&sectionNum=1203.41",
      "source_quote": "or after the lapse of two years following the defendant\u2019s completion of the sentence, if the sentence was imposed pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (5) of subdivision (h) of Section 1170 or if the defendant was sentenced to the state prison.",
      "verified_fields": [
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        "measured_from",
        "waiting_period"
      ],
      "derived_fields": [
        "offense_class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "offense_class": "Felony served on a split sentence under Penal Code 1170(h)(5)(B)",
      "state": "California",
      "waiting_period": "one year",
      "measured_from": "the defendant\u2019s completion of the sentence",
      "citation": "1203.41",
      "id": "california-felony-served-on-a-split-sentence-under-penal-code-1170-h-5-b",
      "url": "https://referencesource.org/criminal-record-expungement-waiting-periods-by-state/california-felony-served-on-a-split-sentence-under-penal-code-1170-h-5-b/",
      "source": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN&sectionNum=1203.41",
      "source_quote": "The relief available under this section may be granted only after the lapse of one year following the defendant\u2019s completion of the sentence, if the sentence was imposed pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (5) of subdivision (h) of Section 1170,",
      "verified_fields": [
        "citation",
        "measured_from",
        "waiting_period"
      ],
      "derived_fields": [
        "offense_class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "offense_class": "Misdemeanor without probation, or infraction",
      "state": "California",
      "waiting_period": "one year",
      "measured_from": "the date of pronouncement of judgment",
      "citation": "1203.4a",
      "id": "california-misdemeanor-without-probation-or-infraction",
      "url": "https://referencesource.org/criminal-record-expungement-waiting-periods-by-state/california-misdemeanor-without-probation-or-infraction/",
      "source": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN&sectionNum=1203.4a",
      "source_quote": "1203.4a. (a) Every defendant convicted of a misdemeanor and not granted probation, and every defendant convicted of an infraction shall, at any time after the lapse of one year from the date of pronouncement of judgment, if they have fully complied with and performed the sentence of the court, are not then serving a sentence for an offense and are not under charge of commission of a crime, and have, since the pronouncement of judgment, lived an honest and upright life and have conformed to and obeyed the laws of the land, be permitted by the court to withdraw their plea of guilty or nolo contendere and enter a plea of not guilty",
      "verified_fields": [
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        "waiting_period"
      ],
      "derived_fields": [
        "offense_class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "offense_class": "All other offenses",
      "state": "Colorado",
      "waiting_period": "five years",
      "measured_from": "the later of the date of the final disposition of all criminal proceedings against the defendant or the release of the defendant from supervision concerning a criminal conviction",
      "citation": "24-72-706",
      "id": "colorado-all-other-offenses",
      "url": "https://referencesource.org/criminal-record-expungement-waiting-periods-by-state/colorado-all-other-offenses/",
      "source": "https://colorado.public.law/statutes/crs_24-72-706",
      "source_quote": "Subject to the limitations in subsection (2) of this section, for all other offenses, the petition may be filed five years after the later of the date of the final disposition of all criminal proceedings against the defendant or the release of the defendant from supervision concerning a criminal conviction.",
      "verified_fields": [
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        "measured_from",
        "waiting_period"
      ],
      "derived_fields": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "offense_class": "Civil infraction, petty offense, or drug petty offense",
      "state": "Colorado",
      "waiting_period": "one year",
      "measured_from": "the later of the date of the final disposition of all proceedings against the defendant or the release of the defendant from supervision concerning a conviction",
      "citation": "24-72-706",
      "id": "colorado-civil-infraction-petty-offense-or-drug-petty-offense",
      "url": "https://referencesource.org/criminal-record-expungement-waiting-periods-by-state/colorado-civil-infraction-petty-offense-or-drug-petty-offense/",
      "source": "https://colorado.public.law/statutes/crs_24-72-706",
      "source_quote": "If the offense is civil infraction, a petty offense, or a drug petty offense, the motion may be filed one year after the later of the date of the final disposition of all proceedings against the defendant or the release of the defendant from supervision concerning a conviction.",
      "verified_fields": [
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        "measured_from",
        "waiting_period"
      ],
      "derived_fields": [
        "offense_class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "offense_class": "Class 2 or class 3 misdemeanor, drug misdemeanor, or level 4 drug felony under 18-18-403.5 (2.5)",
      "state": "Colorado",
      "waiting_period": "two years",
      "measured_from": "the later of the date of the final disposition of all criminal proceedings against the defendant or the release of the defendant from supervision concerning a criminal conviction",
      "citation": "24-72-706",
      "id": "colorado-class-2-or-class-3-misdemeanor-drug-misdemeanor-or-level-4-drug-felony-under-18-",
      "url": "https://referencesource.org/criminal-record-expungement-waiting-periods-by-state/colorado-class-2-or-class-3-misdemeanor-drug-misdemeanor-or-level-4-drug-felony-under-18-/",
      "source": "https://colorado.public.law/statutes/crs_24-72-706",
      "source_quote": "If the offense is a class 2 or class 3 misdemeanor, any drug misdemeanor, or a level 4 drug felony for a conviction pursuant to section <https://colorado.public.law/statutes/crs_18-18-403.5> 18-18-403.5 (2.5), the motion may be filed two years after the later of the date of the final disposition of all criminal proceedings against the defendant or the release of the defendant from supervision concerning a criminal conviction.",
      "verified_fields": [
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        "state",
        "waiting_period"
      ],
      "derived_fields": [
        "offense_class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "offense_class": "Class 4, class 5, or class 6 felony, level 3 or level 4 drug felony, or class 1 misdemeanor",
      "state": "Colorado",
      "waiting_period": "three years",
      "measured_from": "the later of the date of the final disposition of all criminal proceedings against the defendant or the release of the defendant from supervision concerning a criminal conviction",
      "citation": "24-72-706",
      "id": "colorado-class-4-class-5-or-class-6-felony-level-3-or-level-4-drug-felony-or-class-1-misd",
      "url": "https://referencesource.org/criminal-record-expungement-waiting-periods-by-state/colorado-class-4-class-5-or-class-6-felony-level-3-or-level-4-drug-felony-or-class-1-misd/",
      "source": "https://colorado.public.law/statutes/crs_24-72-706",
      "source_quote": "If the offense is a class 4, class 5, or class 6 felony, a level 3 or level 4 drug felony except a level 4 drug felony for a conviction pursuant to section <https://colorado.public.law/statutes/crs_18-18-403.5> 18-18-403.5 (2.5), or a class 1 misdemeanor, the motion may be filed three years after the later of the date of the final disposition of all criminal proceedings against the defendant or the release of the defendant from supervision concerning a criminal conviction.",
      "verified_fields": [
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        "state",
        "waiting_period"
      ],
      "derived_fields": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "offense_class": "First conviction for intentional misrepresentation of a service animal",
      "state": "Colorado",
      "waiting_period": "three years",
      "measured_from": "the conviction",
      "citation": "24-72-706",
      "id": "colorado-first-conviction-for-intentional-misrepresentation-of-a-service-animal",
      "url": "https://referencesource.org/criminal-record-expungement-waiting-periods-by-state/colorado-first-conviction-for-intentional-misrepresentation-of-a-service-animal/",
      "source": "https://colorado.public.law/statutes/crs_24-72-706",
      "source_quote": "If the offense is a first conviction for intentional misrepresentation of a service animal, as described in section <https://colorado.public.law/statutes/crs_18-13-107.7> 18-13-107.7 (1), the defendant may file a motion three years after the conviction, and the court shall order the record sealed if the defendant does not have a subsequent conviction for intentional misrepresentation of a service animal.",
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        "measured_from",
        "state",
        "waiting_period"
      ],
      "derived_fields": [
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    },
    {
      "offense_class": "First conviction for intentional misrepresentation of entitlement to an assistance animal",
      "state": "Colorado",
      "waiting_period": "three years",
      "measured_from": "the conviction",
      "citation": "24-72-706",
      "id": "colorado-first-conviction-for-intentional-misrepresentation-of-entitlement-to-an-assistan",
      "url": "https://referencesource.org/criminal-record-expungement-waiting-periods-by-state/colorado-first-conviction-for-intentional-misrepresentation-of-entitlement-to-an-assistan/",
      "source": "https://colorado.public.law/statutes/crs_24-72-706",
      "source_quote": "Notwithstanding subsection (1)(b)(I) of this section, if the offense is a first conviction for intentional misrepresentation of entitlement to an assistance animal as described in section <https://colorado.public.law/statutes/crs_18-13-107.3> 18-13-107.3 (1), the defendant may file a motion three years after the conviction and the court shall order the record sealed if the defendant does not have a subsequent conviction for intentional misrepresentation of entitlement to an assistance animal.",
      "verified_fields": [
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        "state",
        "waiting_period"
      ],
      "derived_fields": [
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    },
    {
      "offense_class": "Offense that is no longer unlawful under section 18-18-434",
      "state": "Colorado",
      "waiting_period": "at any time",
      "citation": "24-72-706",
      "id": "colorado-offense-that-is-no-longer-unlawful-under-section-18-18-434",
      "url": "https://referencesource.org/criminal-record-expungement-waiting-periods-by-state/colorado-offense-that-is-no-longer-unlawful-under-section-18-18-434/",
      "source": "https://colorado.public.law/statutes/crs_24-72-706",
      "source_quote": "Notwithstanding any provision of this part 7 to the contrary, a motion filed for the sealing of conviction records for an offense that was unlawful at the time of conviction, but is no longer unlawful pursuant to section <https://colorado.public.law/statutes/crs_18-18-434> 18-18-434 , may be filed at any time.",
      "verified_fields": [
        "citation",
        "state",
        "waiting_period"
      ],
      "derived_fields": [
        "offense_class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "offense_class": "Second or subsequent conviction under section 18-13-122 (3)",
      "state": "Colorado",
      "waiting_period": "one year",
      "measured_from": "the date of the second or subsequent conviction",
      "citation": "24-72-706",
      "id": "colorado-second-or-subsequent-conviction-under-section-18-13-122-3",
      "url": "https://referencesource.org/criminal-record-expungement-waiting-periods-by-state/colorado-second-or-subsequent-conviction-under-section-18-13-122-3/",
      "source": "https://colorado.public.law/statutes/crs_24-72-706",
      "source_quote": "If the offense is a second or subsequent conviction for a violation of section <https://colorado.public.law/statutes/crs_18-13-122> 18-13-122 (3), the motion may be filed one year after the date of the second or subsequent conviction, and the court shall order that the motion be granted if the defendant has not been convicted of or is not currently charged with any felony, misdemeanor, or petty offense during the period of one year after the date of the defendant\u2019s conviction for a violation of section <https://colorado.public.law/statutes/crs_18-13-122> 18-13-122 (3).",
      "verified_fields": [
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        "state",
        "waiting_period"
      ],
      "derived_fields": [
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    },
    {
      "offense_class": "More than one felony conviction",
      "state": "Michigan",
      "waiting_period": "7 or more years",
      "measured_from": "whichever of the following events occurs last",
      "citation": "780.621d",
      "id": "michigan-more-than-one-felony-conviction",
      "url": "https://referencesource.org/criminal-record-expungement-waiting-periods-by-state/michigan-more-than-one-felony-conviction/",
      "source": "https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-780-621d",
      "source_quote": "Sec. 1d. (1) An application under section 1 to set aside more than 1 felony conviction shall only be filed 7 or more years after whichever of the following events occurs last: (a) Imposition of the sentence for the convictions that the applicant seeks to set aside. (b) Completion of any term of felony probation imposed for the convictions that the applicant seeks to set aside. (c) Discharge from parole imposed for the convictions that the applicant seeks to set aside. (d) Completion of any term of imprisonment imposed for the convictions that the applicant seeks to set aside.",
      "verified_fields": [
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        "waiting_period"
      ],
      "derived_fields": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "offense_class": "One or more misdemeanors other than a serious misdemeanor, a first operating-while-intoxicated offence or an assaultive crime",
      "state": "Michigan",
      "waiting_period": "3 or more years",
      "measured_from": "whichever of the following events occurs last",
      "citation": "780.621d",
      "id": "michigan-one-or-more-misdemeanors-other-than-a-serious-misdemeanor-a-first-operating-whil",
      "url": "https://referencesource.org/criminal-record-expungement-waiting-periods-by-state/michigan-one-or-more-misdemeanors-other-than-a-serious-misdemeanor-a-first-operating-whil/",
      "source": "https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-780-621d",
      "source_quote": "(3) An application under section 1 to set aside 1 or more misdemeanor convictions, other than an application to set aside a serious misdemeanor, a first violation operating while intoxicated offense, or any other misdemeanor conviction for an assaultive crime, shall only be filed 3 or more years after whichever of the following events occurs last: (a) Imposition of the sentence for the conviction that the applicant seeks to set aside. (b) Completion of any term of imprisonment imposed for the conviction that the applicant seeks to set aside. (c) Completion of probation imposed for the conviction or convictions that the applicant seeks to set aside.",
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    },
    {
      "offense_class": "One or more serious misdemeanors, one first operating-while-intoxicated offence, or one felony",
      "state": "Michigan",
      "waiting_period": "5 or more years",
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      "citation": "780.621d",
      "id": "michigan-one-or-more-serious-misdemeanors-one-first-operating-while-intoxicated-offence-o",
      "url": "https://referencesource.org/criminal-record-expungement-waiting-periods-by-state/michigan-one-or-more-serious-misdemeanors-one-first-operating-while-intoxicated-offence-o/",
      "source": "https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-780-621d",
      "source_quote": "(2) An application under section 1 to set aside 1 or more serious misdemeanor convictions, 1 first violation operating while intoxicated offense, or 1 felony conviction shall only be filed 5 or more years after whichever of the following events occurs last: (a) Imposition of the sentence for the conviction or convictions that the applicant seeks to set aside. (b) Completion of probation imposed for the conviction or convictions that the applicant seeks to set aside. (c) Discharge from parole imposed for the conviction that the applicant seeks to set aside, if applicable. (d) Completion of any term of imprisonment imposed for the conviction or convictions that the applicant seeks to set aside.",
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        "waiting_period"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "offense_class": "More than one nonviolent misdemeanor",
      "state": "North Carolina",
      "waiting_period": "seven years",
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      "id": "north-carolina-more-than-one-nonviolent-misdemeanor",
      "url": "https://referencesource.org/criminal-record-expungement-waiting-periods-by-state/north-carolina-more-than-one-nonviolent-misdemeanor/",
      "source": "https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_15A/GS_15A-145.5.html",
      "source_quote": "b. For expunction of more than one nonviolent misdemeanor, seven years after the date of the person's last conviction, other than a traffic offense not listed in the petition for expunction, or seven years after any active sentence, period of probation, or post-release supervision has been served, whichever occurs later.",
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        "waiting_period"
      ],
      "derived_fields": [
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      "offense_class": "One nonviolent felony",
      "state": "North Carolina",
      "waiting_period": "10 years",
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      "citation": "15A-145.5",
      "id": "north-carolina-one-nonviolent-felony",
      "url": "https://referencesource.org/criminal-record-expungement-waiting-periods-by-state/north-carolina-one-nonviolent-felony/",
      "source": "https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_15A/GS_15A-145.5.html",
      "source_quote": "a. For expunction of one nonviolent felony not subject to sub-subdivision a1. of this subdivision, 10 years after the date of the conviction or 10 years after any active sentence, period of probation, or post-release supervision related to the conviction has been served, whichever occurs later.",
      "verified_fields": [
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      ],
      "derived_fields": [
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      ]
    },
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      "offense_class": "One nonviolent felony under G.S. 14-54(a)",
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      "waiting_period": "15 years",
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      "citation": "15A-145.5",
      "id": "north-carolina-one-nonviolent-felony-under-g-s-14-54-a",
      "url": "https://referencesource.org/criminal-record-expungement-waiting-periods-by-state/north-carolina-one-nonviolent-felony-under-g-s-14-54-a/",
      "source": "https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_15A/GS_15A-145.5.html",
      "source_quote": "a1. For expunction of one nonviolent felony under G.S. 14-54(a), 15 years after the date of the conviction or 15 years after any active sentence, period of probation, or post-release supervision related to the conviction has been served, whichever occurs later.",
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        "waiting_period"
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      "derived_fields": [
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    },
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      "offense_class": "One nonviolent misdemeanor",
      "state": "North Carolina",
      "waiting_period": "three years",
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      "citation": "15A-145.5",
      "id": "north-carolina-one-nonviolent-misdemeanor",
      "url": "https://referencesource.org/criminal-record-expungement-waiting-periods-by-state/north-carolina-one-nonviolent-misdemeanor/",
      "source": "https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_15A/GS_15A-145.5.html",
      "source_quote": "a. For expunction of one nonviolent misdemeanor, three years after the date of the conviction or when any active sentence, period of probation, or post-release supervision has been served, whichever occurs later.",
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        "waiting_period"
      ],
      "derived_fields": [
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    },
    {
      "offense_class": "Two or three nonviolent felonies",
      "state": "North Carolina",
      "waiting_period": "20 years",
      "measured_from": "the date of the most recent conviction listed in the petition, or 20 years after any active sentence, period of probation, or post-release supervision related to a conviction listed in the petition has been served, whichever occurs later",
      "citation": "15A-145.5",
      "id": "north-carolina-two-or-three-nonviolent-felonies",
      "url": "https://referencesource.org/criminal-record-expungement-waiting-periods-by-state/north-carolina-two-or-three-nonviolent-felonies/",
      "source": "https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_15A/GS_15A-145.5.html",
      "source_quote": "b. For expunction of two or three nonviolent felonies, 20 years after the date of the most recent conviction listed in the petition, or 20 years after any active sentence, period of probation, or post-release supervision related to a conviction listed in the petition has been served, whichever occurs later.",
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        "waiting_period"
      ],
      "derived_fields": [
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    },
    {
      "offense_class": "Bail forfeiture on a minor misdemeanor charge (expungement)",
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      "waiting_period": "six months",
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      "citation": "2953.32",
      "id": "ohio-bail-forfeiture-on-a-minor-misdemeanor-charge-expungement",
      "url": "https://referencesource.org/criminal-record-expungement-waiting-periods-by-state/ohio-bail-forfeiture-on-a-minor-misdemeanor-charge-expungement/",
      "source": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2953.32",
      "source_quote": "If the offense is a minor misdemeanor, at any time after the expiration of six months from the date on which the bail forfeiture was entered upon the minutes of the court or the journal, whichever entry occurs first.",
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        "waiting_period"
      ],
      "derived_fields": [
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      ]
    },
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      "waiting_period": "one year",
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      "citation": "2953.32",
      "id": "ohio-bail-forfeiture-on-a-misdemeanor-charge-expungement",
      "url": "https://referencesource.org/criminal-record-expungement-waiting-periods-by-state/ohio-bail-forfeiture-on-a-misdemeanor-charge-expungement/",
      "source": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2953.32",
      "source_quote": "Except as provided in division (B)(2)(b)(ii) of this section, at any time after the expiration of one year from the date on which the bail forfeiture was entered upon the minutes of the court or the journal, whichever entry occurs first;",
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      ],
      "derived_fields": [
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    },
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      "citation": "2953.32",
      "id": "ohio-bail-forfeiture-on-a-misdemeanor-charge-sealing",
      "url": "https://referencesource.org/criminal-record-expungement-waiting-periods-by-state/ohio-bail-forfeiture-on-a-misdemeanor-charge-sealing/",
      "source": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2953.32",
      "source_quote": "(a) An application for sealing under this section may be made at any time after the date on which the bail forfeiture was entered upon the minutes of the court or the journal, whichever entry occurs first.",
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      "offense_class": "Felony (expungement)",
      "state": "Ohio",
      "waiting_period": "ten years",
      "measured_from": "the time specified in division (B)(1)(a) of this section at which the person may file an application for sealing with respect to that felony offense",
      "citation": "2953.32",
      "id": "ohio-felony-expungement",
      "url": "https://referencesource.org/criminal-record-expungement-waiting-periods-by-state/ohio-felony-expungement/",
      "source": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2953.32",
      "source_quote": "If the offense is a felony, at the expiration of ten years after the time specified in division (B)(1)(a) of this section at which the person may file an application for sealing with respect to that felony offense.",
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      "citation": "2953.32",
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      "url": "https://referencesource.org/criminal-record-expungement-waiting-periods-by-state/ohio-minor-misdemeanor-expungement/",
      "source": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2953.32",
      "source_quote": "If the offense is a minor misdemeanor, at the expiration of six months after the offender's final discharge;",
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        "waiting_period"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "offense_class": "Minor misdemeanor (sealing)",
      "state": "Ohio",
      "waiting_period": "six months",
      "measured_from": "the offender's final discharge",
      "citation": "2953.32",
      "id": "ohio-minor-misdemeanor-sealing",
      "url": "https://referencesource.org/criminal-record-expungement-waiting-periods-by-state/ohio-minor-misdemeanor-sealing/",
      "source": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2953.32",
      "source_quote": "At the expiration of six months after the offender's final discharge if convicted of a minor misdemeanor.",
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        "waiting_period"
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    },
    {
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      "waiting_period": "one year",
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      "citation": "2953.32",
      "id": "ohio-misdemeanor-expungement",
      "url": "https://referencesource.org/criminal-record-expungement-waiting-periods-by-state/ohio-misdemeanor-expungement/",
      "source": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2953.32",
      "source_quote": "Except as otherwise provided in division (B)(1)(b)(ii) of this section, if the offense is a misdemeanor, at the expiration of one year after the offender's final discharge;",
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    {
      "offense_class": "Offender subject to the requirements of Chapter 2950 (sealing)",
      "state": "Ohio",
      "waiting_period": "five years",
      "measured_from": "the requirements have ended under section 2950.07 of the Revised Code or section 2950.07 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to January 1, 2008, or are terminated under section 2950.15 or 2950.151 of the Revised Code",
      "citation": "2953.32",
      "id": "ohio-offender-subject-to-the-requirements-of-chapter-2950-sealing",
      "url": "https://referencesource.org/criminal-record-expungement-waiting-periods-by-state/ohio-offender-subject-to-the-requirements-of-chapter-2950-sealing/",
      "source": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2953.32",
      "source_quote": "If the offender was subject to the requirements of Chapter 2950. of the Revised Code or Chapter 2950. of the Revised Code as it existed prior to January 1, 2008, at the expiration of five years after the requirements have ended under section <https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2950.07> 2950.07 of the Revised Code or section <https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2950.07> 2950.07 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to January 1, 2008, or are terminated under section <https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2950.15> 2950.15 or <https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2950.151> 2950.151 of the Revised Code;",
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      "derived_fields": [
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    {
      "offense_class": "One or more felonies of the fourth or fifth degree, or one or more misdemeanors (sealing)",
      "state": "Ohio",
      "waiting_period": "one year",
      "measured_from": "the offender's final discharge",
      "citation": "2953.32",
      "id": "ohio-one-or-more-felonies-of-the-fourth-or-fifth-degree-or-one-or-more-misdemeanors-s",
      "url": "https://referencesource.org/criminal-record-expungement-waiting-periods-by-state/ohio-one-or-more-felonies-of-the-fourth-or-fifth-degree-or-one-or-more-misdemeanors-s/",
      "source": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2953.32",
      "source_quote": "Except as otherwise provided in division (B)(1)(a)(iv) of this section, at the expiration of one year after the offender's final discharge if convicted of one or more felonies of the fourth or fifth degree or one or more misdemeanors, so long as none of the offenses is a violation of section <https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2921.43> 2921.43 of the Revised Code or a felony offense of violence;",
      "verified_fields": [
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        "state",
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      ],
      "derived_fields": [
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    },
    {
      "offense_class": "One or two felonies of the third degree (sealing)",
      "state": "Ohio",
      "waiting_period": "three years",
      "measured_from": "the offender's final discharge",
      "citation": "2953.32",
      "id": "ohio-one-or-two-felonies-of-the-third-degree-sealing",
      "url": "https://referencesource.org/criminal-record-expungement-waiting-periods-by-state/ohio-one-or-two-felonies-of-the-third-degree-sealing/",
      "source": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2953.32",
      "source_quote": "Except as otherwise provided in division (B)(1)(a)(iv) of this section, at the expiration of three years after the offender's final discharge if convicted of one or two felonies of the third degree, so long as none of the offenses is a violation of section <https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2921.43> 2921.43 of the Revised Code;",
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    },
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      "offense_class": "Soliciting improper compensation (sealing)",
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      "waiting_period": "seven years",
      "measured_from": "the offender's final discharge",
      "citation": "2953.32",
      "id": "ohio-soliciting-improper-compensation-sealing",
      "url": "https://referencesource.org/criminal-record-expungement-waiting-periods-by-state/ohio-soliciting-improper-compensation-sealing/",
      "source": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2953.32",
      "source_quote": "At the expiration of seven years after the offender's final discharge if the record includes one or more convictions of soliciting improper compensation in violation of section <https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2921.43> 2921.43 of the Revised Code;",
      "verified_fields": [
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      "derived_fields": [
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      ]
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      "offense_class": "Any felony offence",
      "state": "Virginia",
      "waiting_period": "Ten years",
      "measured_from": "the date of (i) dismissal of a deferred charge, (ii) conviction, (iii) release from incarceration on the charge or conviction set forth in the petition, (iv) a finding that the person was in violation of a suspended sentence, probation, or parole related to the charge or conviction set forth in the petition, or (v) release from incarceration following a finding that the person was in violation of a suspended sentence, probation, or parole related to the charge or conviction set forth in the petition, whichever date occurred later",
      "citation": "19.2-392.12",
      "id": "virginia-any-felony-offence",
      "url": "https://referencesource.org/criminal-record-expungement-waiting-periods-by-state/virginia-any-felony-offence/",
      "source": "https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title19.2/section19.2-392.12/",
      "source_quote": "b. Ten years for any felony offense",
      "verified_fields": [
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      ],
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      ]
    },
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      "offense_class": "Any misdemeanor offence",
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      "waiting_period": "Seven years",
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      "citation": "19.2-392.12",
      "id": "virginia-any-misdemeanor-offence",
      "url": "https://referencesource.org/criminal-record-expungement-waiting-periods-by-state/virginia-any-misdemeanor-offence/",
      "source": "https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title19.2/section19.2-392.12/",
      "source_quote": "a. Seven years for any misdemeanor offense",
      "verified_fields": [
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        "measured_from",
        "waiting_period"
      ],
      "derived_fields": [
        "offense_class"
      ]
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      "waiting_period": "ten years",
      "measured_from": "the later of: (i) The applicant's release from community custody; (ii) the applicant's release from full and partial confinement; or (iii) the applicant's sentencing date",
      "citation": "9.94A.640",
      "id": "washington-class-b-felony",
      "url": "https://referencesource.org/criminal-record-expungement-waiting-periods-by-state/washington-class-b-felony/",
      "source": "https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=9.94A.640",
      "source_quote": "(e) The offense is a class B felony and less than ten years have passed since the later of: (i) The applicant's release from community custody; (ii) the applicant's release from full and partial confinement; or (iii) the applicant's sentencing date;",
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      "derived_fields": [
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      ]
    },
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      "offense_class": "Class C felony other than one described in RCW 46.61.502(6) or 46.61.504(6)",
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      "waiting_period": "five years",
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      "citation": "9.94A.640",
      "id": "washington-class-c-felony-other-than-one-described-in-rcw-46-61-502-6-or-46-61-504-6",
      "url": "https://referencesource.org/criminal-record-expungement-waiting-periods-by-state/washington-class-c-felony-other-than-one-described-in-rcw-46-61-502-6-or-46-61-504-6/",
      "source": "https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=9.94A.640",
      "source_quote": "(f) The offense was a class C felony, other than a class C felony described in RCW <http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=46.61.502> 46.61.502 (6) or <http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=46.61.504> 46.61.504 (6), and less than five years have passed since the later of: (i) The applicant's release from community custody; (ii) the applicant's release from full and partial confinement; or (iii) the applicant's sentencing date; or",
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    },
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      "waiting_period": "five years",
      "measured_from": "the person completed the terms of the original conditions of the sentence, including successful completion of any treatment ordered as a condition of sentencing, but excluding the payment of financial obligations",
      "citation": "9.96.060",
      "id": "washington-domestic-violence-misdemeanor-or-gross-misdemeanor",
      "url": "https://referencesource.org/criminal-record-expungement-waiting-periods-by-state/washington-domestic-violence-misdemeanor-or-gross-misdemeanor/",
      "source": "https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=9.96.060",
      "source_quote": "(iv) Less than five years have elapsed since the person completed the terms of the original conditions of the sentence, including successful completion of any treatment ordered as a condition of sentencing, but excluding the payment of financial obligations;",
      "verified_fields": [
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      "derived_fields": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "offense_class": "Misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor other than a domestic violence offence",
      "state": "Washington",
      "waiting_period": "three years",
      "measured_from": "the later of the applicant's release from supervision or probation; the applicant's release from total and partial confinement, as defined in RCW 9.94A.030 ; or the applicant's sentencing date",
      "citation": "9.96.060",
      "id": "washington-misdemeanor-or-gross-misdemeanor-other-than-a-domestic-violence-offence",
      "url": "https://referencesource.org/criminal-record-expungement-waiting-periods-by-state/washington-misdemeanor-or-gross-misdemeanor-other-than-a-domestic-violence-offence/",
      "source": "https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=9.96.060",
      "source_quote": "(g) For any offense other than those described in (f) of this subsection, less than three years have passed since the later of the applicant's release from supervision or probation; the applicant's release from total and partial confinement, as defined in RCW <http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=9.94A.030> 9.94A.030 ; or the applicant's sentencing date;",
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        "measured_from",
        "waiting_period"
      ],
      "derived_fields": [
        "offense_class"
      ]
    }
  ]
}