MASSACHUSETTS CRIMINAL EXPUNGEMENT ATTORNEY

Massachusetts Gen. Laws Ann. ch. 276, 100A

Any person having a record of criminal court appearances and dispositions may request that the commissioner seal such file. The commissioner shall comply with such request provided:

(1) that the person's court records pertain to a misdemeanor that occurred not less than 10 years prior to the request; (2) that said person's records pertain to any felony that occurred not less than 15 years prior to said request; (3) that said person had not been found guilty of any criminal offense within the commonwealth in the 10 years preceding such request, except motor vehicle offenses in which the penalty does not exceed a fine of fifty dollars; (4) that the petitioner has not been convicted of any criminal offense in any other state, United States possession or in a court of federal jurisdiction, except such motor vehicle offenses, as aforesaid, and has not been imprisoned in any state or county within the preceding 10 years; and (5) said person's record does not include convictions of offenses other than those to which this section applies. This section shall apply to court appearances and dispositions of all offenses provided, however, that this section shall not apply in case of convictions for unlawful firearms sales or unlawful ownership or possession of firearms.

-Any recorded offense which is no longer a crime shall be eligible for sealing forthwith, unless the elements of the offense continue to be a crime under a different designation.

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