In applications for professional licenses, California requires individuals convicted of crimes to demonstrate rehabilitation before offering a license in many areas of professional life. This includes, for instance, obtaining a job as a lawyer, doctor, nurse, dentist, contractor, banker, or real estate professional. Obtaining an expungement of a criminal record “Expungement of a Criminal Conviction in San Diego”
Changes to Clearing a Criminal Record
California law has long provided a way to expunge certain criminal convictions for those individuals who are off probation and are not serving a sentence for any other offense. Unfortunately, the California legislature has started to chip away at the right to expunge a criminal record, now providing that qualifying individuals for certain crimes “Changes to Clearing a Criminal Record”