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Ready to expunge your criminal record? Trust Austin’s best Expungement lawyers to effectively and efficiently delete your criminal records. Trey Porter Law has 40+ years combined experience successfully expunging criminal charges in Austin. The award-winning Criminal Defense attorneys at TPL understand that criminal records can negatively impact background checks, security clearances, and school admissions. You’re moving forward, don’t let your past move with you. Results matter. Quality of life matters. Trey Porter Law fights to win.
Our award-winning Austin attorneys have extensive experience clearing criminal records through expunctions and nondisclosures.
We handle court so you don’t have you. Our dedicated team works diligently on your behalf while you focus on what matters most.
Clean records are the best records! Our Austin Expungement lawyers work hard to get your expunction filed and granted without delay.
We’ve got your back. Our friendly and knowledgeable team provides information, support, and clarification from start to finish.
It starts with a no-obligation consultation. Our experienced team takes time to understand your situation, answer your questions, and analyze your eligibility. Our award-winning attorneys have successfully expunged thousands of Texas criminal charges. Put our experience to work for you today.
Our experienced Austin Expungement lawyers conduct a comprehensive legal analysis of your criminal record. Meticulously reviewing court records to determine your expunction eligibility, and the applicable waiting period, our team scrutinizes every detail while carefully applying Texas expunction laws.
With a detailed legal analysis complete, we draft powerful legal documents and file them with the appropriate court of jurisdiction. Our experienced Austin Expungement attorneys work without delay to present the expunction order to the judge, and once signed, the process of record deletion begins.
The best way to get an expunction is to contact an Austin Expungement lawyer to determine eligibility and get the process started. Expunctions are technical matters that require legal filings, knowledge of the applicable statute of limitations, and Texas law. A defective expunction order is way more expensive than a good lawyer doing it right the first time.
Any criminal charge can be expunged if the details of the dismissal meet qualifying factors. Experienced expunction lawyers can also get exceptions to certain factors by reaching an agreement with prosecutors.
Expunction filing fees are in the hundreds of dollars. Attorney’s fees vary widely, but generally fall within the $3,000 – $5,000 range. Lawyers and law firms have different billing models. It is important to determine if filing, mailing, and copy fees are included in the total price when making a decision.
Expunction in Austin takes between 3 – 6 months. Once the expunction order is granted, the clerk of the court must then send a certified court order instructing city, state and federal agencies to destroy all records of the incident. This process can take months.
An expunction order is a court order to delete and destroy all records of a criminal charge, including records of the arrest and subsequent prosecution. After an expunction has been ordered and properly effected, you can legally deny the incident ever happened.
No. Misdemeanor charges don’t go away, or “fall off” of a person’s criminal record. Even if the charges were dismissed, the records remain publicly available forever. Austin criminal charges are permanent unless deleted through expunction.
Forever. There is no period of time after which a criminal charge or conviction is removed from the record in Texas. That is why it’s critical to expunge or seal everything that is eligible for an expunction or Nondisclosure.
No. Police cannot see expunged records. However, law enforcement and government agencies may still access records that have been sealed through nondisclosure.
Looking for Expungement lawyers in Austin? TPL’s award-winning team has successfully expunged countless criminal records in Austin and across Texas. Our office is adjacent to Zilker Park, located on South MoPac at Bee Cave Road (RM 2244), in the Barton Oaks Plaza at 901 S MoPac Expy Bldg.1, Suite 300, Austin, TX 78746. Call us today at 512-201-4381 to schedule a free, confidential consultation or submit the form below and our team will promptly reach out to you. Don’t let your past hold you back. Get started today.
Results matter. Our team works diligently to make sure every expunction is done correctly and without unnecessary delay. With happy clients all across Texas, Trey Porter Law’s track record of success has been built one case at a time.
Our Austin lawyers have unparalleled experience and a deep understanding of Texas criminal law. We’ve expunged every type of criminal case, and our experience serves as the foundation of our success. TPL is committed to uncompromising results.
Nobody likes going to court. Our team handles the court process from start to finish. Our goal is to limit in-court time for clients, and totally eliminate it when possible. We want you focusing on the things that matter most, while we work towards expunction.
We know Austin. We know the faces in the courthouses. Judges’ temperaments, prosecutors to work with, and those to avoid. How to make a request, and when to make that request, are all things we use to our clients’ advantage.
Our experienced, award-winning team of Austin Criminal Defense attorneys have earned the respect of judges, prosecutors, and countless clients across Texas. Voted by their peers as Best Lawyers in Criminal Defense, our advocates have also been recognized by The National Trial Lawyers Association.
Dismissed criminal charges can be expunged. However, Texas expungement laws exclude charges dismissed after probation. You cannot do an expunction in Texas if you’ve completed Deferred Adjudication. Chapter 55 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure permits expunction for charges that were dismissed after a legal challenge, like a motion to suppress evidence. Texas law also allows people that won a trial or completed a special diversion program to petition for expunction. Austin criminal charges can be expunged in district court.
Criminal records can be sealed when they don’t qualify for Expungement. A nondisclosure is the next-best thing to an expunction. Nondisclosures seal criminal records from public view. The Government and related entities can access the records, but private employers and individuals cannot. Nondisclosures seal criminal records in Austin.
Texas Nondisclosure eligibility is contingent on a number of factors, including a person’s criminal history. Some final convictions can be sealed with an order of nondisclosure. Public Intoxication, and DWI, for example, may be sealed in certain circumstances. Unlike expunctions, Nondisclosures are not guaranteed in Texas law. Austin judges have total discretion when deciding whether to grant or deny Nondisclosures.
Expungement is a serious, powerful legal process in Texas. All criminal charges that can be deleted or sealed should be. Criminal records can reduce job opportunities by up to 50%. In Texas, criminal charges are permanent. Expunction can be a game-changer. Clear your record. Change your future.
Trey Porter Law is one of the highest and best-rated law firms in Texas. With more than 40+ years combined experience, our award-winning lawyers have a track-record of success for clients dealing with all types of criminal matters, including Texas Expungement cases. Trust TPL to expertly clear your criminal record while you focus on what matters most.
In Texas, there’s no waiting period to expunge a charge after acquittal at trial or completion of a pretrial or speciality court program. The waiting period in Texas for felonies is 3 years from the offense date, 1 year for class A or B misdemeanors, and 6 months for class C misdemeanors. Read more
Yes, you need an Austin Expungement lawyer to make sure the job is done right. Like all legal matters, working with a professional ensures a higher level of diligence and expertise. Filing an expunction on your own, while possible, raises the likelihood of a mistake that could further damage your record.
No. Criminal charges dismissed through Deferred Adjudication can never be expunged in Texas, though they can sometimes be sealed through a Nondisclosure. Class C misdemeanors disposed through Deferred Dispositions can be expunged in Texas.
If you are not eligible for an expunction, the next best option in Texas is an order of nondisclosure. Unlike an expunction, an order of nondisclosure is available after completing deferred adjudication and straight probation, in certain circumstances. An order on nondisclosure prevents police, jails, court clerks, and other public information agencies in the county from releasing arrest information to private third parties.
No. Pursuant to Texas law, felony convictions for kidnapping offenses, sex crimes, abandonment or endangerment of a child, injury to a child, the elderly or disabled, violation of a protective order, stalking or crimes involving family violence are not eligible for expunction. Felony charges dismissed after Deferred Adjudication are also prohibited from Expungement in Texas.
All the way. There’s no legal limit to how far back in time an employer can search a criminal record in Texas. There is also no limit on how old a prior offense can be for enhancement purposes in a subsequent prosecution. Austin criminal charges don’t “fall off” the record after a certain number of years. They remain forever, unless expunged.
Legally, yes. But as a best practice, it’s not recommended to file your own expunction in Texas. Filing an incomplete or incorrect expunction can have expensive and damaging consequences to a person’s criminal record.
Criminal records are expunged in Texas by first determining eligibility, then incorporating the relevant facts and law into a petition and order for expunction to be filed with the clerk of record. After filing, a hearing date is set for the petitioner, prosecutors, and Texas Department of Public Safety to appear before a judge.
