Clearing your first time DUI record in the State of Kansas just got a little easier as of July 1, 2015. That is the case, at least, for first time DUI offenders. The Kansas Legislature, though embarrassingly ineffective this last term, did manage to ease the burden for those individuals who have received a Driving Under the Influence charge for the first time in Kansas by reducing the expungement waiting period for those DUI convictions.
Expungement is a way to clear your record for most purposes. There is a waiting period that varies depending on the severity of the crime. For the past few years the period for expunging a DUI was 10 years, no questions asked. As of July 1, 2015, the waiting period was reduced by 5 years for first time DUIs. This means that five years from the date you were released from your diversion, probation, or parole for a first time DUI, you are now eligible for an expungement. So where the waiting period for a DUI expungement was 10 years just days ago, it is now 5 years. This means any DUI first time offender who was released from their DUI diversion, probation, or parole before July 2010, they are eligible immediately to petition for their DUI charge and arrest to be expunged.
To get started on expunging your DUI or to expunge any other criminal charge in the State of Kansas call an expungement attorney in the Manhattan, Kansas area. We can serve all parts of Kansas.
I am curious to know the reasons why the legislature thought it would be a good idea to reduce the time limit to be able to rid a record of a DUI. I am sure not sure this makes sense to me. I would think it would be the opposite and it would be longer to get rid of it.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the other commenter. Why are we making it easier for a criminal to have a squeaky clean record? If a person committed a crime, DUI, why is the state lessening the time for them to erase it from the books? What is the benefit for the state in this situation, I can not think of one either.
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