What Crimes Can Be Expunged In Florida?
What crimes can be expunged in Florida? Almost all of the criminal charges can be expunged or sealed in Florida State if the State Attorney drops or dismisses your case. You may also be eligible for sealing or expungement even if you pled out to certain criminal charges. But you have to fulfill the conditions required by FDLE to be eligible for sealing and expungement.
However, there are also certain types of crimes that can neither be expunged nor sealed; even though you have not been convicted for any offense. Also, if you are adjudicated guilty by a judge for any criminal offense you cannot get your record sealed or expunged.
List of Crimes That Can Never Get Expungement
- Offenses listed in Section 907.041, Florida Statutes
- Arson
- Aggravated Assault
- Aggravated Battery
- Illegal use of explosives
- Child abuse or Aggravated Child Abuse
- Abuse of an elderly person or disabled adult, or aggravated abuse of an elderly person or disabled adult
- Aircraft piracy
- Kidnapping
- Homicide
- Manslaughter
- Sexual Battery
- Robbery
- Carjacking
- Lewd, lascivious, or indecent assault or act upon or in the presence of a child under the age of 16 years
- Sexual activity with a child, who is 12 years of age or older but less than 18 years of age, by or at solicitation of a person in familial or custodial authority
- Burglary of a dwelling
- Stalking and Aggravated Stalking
- Act of Domestic Violence as defined in Section 741.28 F.S.
- Home-invasion Robbery
- Act of Terrorism as defined by Section 775.30 F.S.
- Manufacturing any substances in violation of chapter 893
- Attempting or conspiring to commit any of the above crimes
- Human Trafficking
Sexual misconduct with a developmentally disabled person and related offenses
Sexual misconduct with mental health patients and related offenses
Luring or enticing a child
Sexual Battery and related offenses
Former Section 796.03, F.S.
Procuring person under 18 for prostitution
Lewd or lascivious offenses committed upon or in the presence of persons less than 16 years of age
Voyeurism
Florida Communication Fraud Act
(Scheme to Defraud or Organized Fraud, as used in Section 817.034(d), F.S.)Lewd or lascivious offense upon or in the presence of an elderly person or disabled person
Sexual performance by a child
Offenses By Public Officers and Employees.
Showing, selling, etc., obscene literature to minor
Computer pornography
Selling or buying of minors
Trafficking in controlled substances
Sexual misconduct with mentally deficient or mentally ill defendant and related offenses
A violation of any offense qualifies for registration as a sexual predator under Section 775.21 or for registration as a sexual offender under Section 943.0435, F.S.
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