Expungement in Illinois is designed to give people a clean slate by erasing certain arrests and case outcomes from the public record. Once a judge grants expungement, law enforcement agencies and courts are required to destroy or remove those records from their databases. For most people, this means that employers, landlords, and licensing boards will [...]

Expungement offers people in Illinois a second chance by removing eligible arrests and cases from the public record. Once a judge grants expungement, law enforcement agencies and courts must erase or destroy those records, meaning they should no longer appear in background checks, housing applications, or most job screenings. But a question often arises for [...]

In today’s world, crimes increasingly involve computers, networks, and digital devices. Offenses like hacking, phishing, online fraud, or unauthorized access can carry serious penalties under Illinois and federal law. For people who have faced cybersecurity-related charges but later qualify for expungement, the natural question arises: What happens to those digital crime records once the court [...]

Expungement in Illinois offers people the chance to move forward without the burden of past arrests or charges. By court order, records are removed from official databases, erased from criminal history systems, and made inaccessible to the public. But in the digital age, many ask: What about the internet? Social media background checks have become [...]

For many people in Illinois, expungement feels like the finish line. After months of waiting, gathering paperwork, and possibly even attending hearings, a judge finally orders your record to be cleared. The relief is enormous—until you type your name into Google and see mugshots, old news reports, or background-check websites still displaying information about your [...]

When people in Illinois file for expungement, they often imagine a total erasure of the past. By court order, police, prosecutors, and the clerk’s office must remove eligible records, and the Illinois State Police must clear them from its databases. In the legal system, an expunged record is treated as though it never existed. But [...]