Convictions Do Not Drop Off Like Points on a Driving Record
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| I see a great many questions from confused previously convicted souls out there who wonder how long it will take before the record of their conviction for a misdemeanor or felony will drop off of their record. While it is true in Ohio that points against your license drop off two years after they are incurred, and while it is true that overdue bills are supposed to drop off of your credit record seven years after they first appear, these are entirely different matters than criminal convictions. |
In Ohio, the record of a criminal conviction will never "drop off" of your record no matter how much time passes. The law allows you to apply for expungement of a first offense one year after a conviction and sentence for a misdemeanor and three years after a conviction and sentence for a felony. But the court has the power to deny such an application if it feels that expungement is improper.
So convictions don't disappear from your record with the passive passage of time. You have to go out there and move for expungement (if you are eligible).
Continue on to our complete guide to Ohio expungement law
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