House Bill No. 4186 is a new law enacted on 2015 which creates dramatic change in expungement law in the State of Michigan. Expungement is the process of erasing a criminal record from someone’s profile. The new law elaborates the extent to which a person can file for an expungement on his/her criminal record.

Prior to House Bill No. 4186

The previous law is quite limited and expungement can only be applied under one condition. A person will be granted expungement one criminal offense whether it be a felony or misdemeanour. However, it does not allow expungement of certain crimes such as sexual assault, domestic violence, murder, rape, weapons charges, and other considerably serious crimes.

Under the New Law

Unlike the previous law, the new law takes immediate effect and allows a number of criminal offense expunged from their record. If you have one felony and two misdemeanors in your record, which is less serious than felony, all three of them can be expunged. However, expungement is not applicable to crimes such as sexual assault or other crimes punishable by life imprisonment.

This change in the law is a good news for everyone convicted with multiple criminal offenses. Many people could not get misdemeanour or felony off their records by having multiple convictions. Under this law, individuals may now get an expungement and live with their records clean. This can help them in securing a job.

Getting a job is difficult for people with criminal offense in their record even if it is a minor offense. That is why their relief when the bill was passed is immeasurable. They can legally deny that they have been charged with felony or misdemeanour.

For all clients affected by this law, Van Tubergen, Treutler, & Hayes, PLLC encourages you to get help in our office in Grand Haven, Muskegon, Holland, and Ottawa County in Michigan. The law office will help each convicted with criminal offense to expunge and keep their record clean once again.

Give us a call at 616-844-3000 for free consultation or set up an appointment regarding your legal matters. We seek to assist our clients in getting treatment and counseling to help them avoid future legal problems.