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How to Prepare for Your Minnesota Record Sealing

Category: Expungement / Criminal Record Sealing

A criminal record can be an obstacle plenty of Minnesotans have to overcome in their lives…more than once. If you’re one of them, know you’re not the only one.

Also know, Minnesota law offers the option for many past offenders to truly leave your history where it belongs through the record sealing process.

Learn here what sealing your record means, whether you qualify, and how to initiate the record sealing process here in Minnesota.

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2020 New Year’s Resolution #1: Seal Your Minnesota Criminal Record

Published By: Chris Keyser

Category: Expungement / Criminal Record Sealing

The ways you might have gained a criminal record over the years are countless. Traffic violations and youthful indiscretions haunt plenty of us. The problem is, these past mistakes can and will follow you for the rest of your life – or will they?

If you’re looking for ways to improve your life in the new year, learning the qualifications for sealing your Minnesota criminal record should be top of your checklist. Let’s take a look at five

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How Minnesotans Can Get Rid of Their Juvenile Records

Published By: Chris Keyser

Category: Expungement / Criminal Record Sealing | Juvenile Law

It’s true, the juvenile justice system does tend to go easier on juvenile offenders than adult courts would, focusing on rehabilitation before young people begin facing the real responsibilities (and punitive measures) of an adult.

What’s also true, a youth’s responsibilities aren’t always finished upon completion of community service or offense-related program. Living with a criminal record, juvenile or otherwise, could cost you a job, a degree, and certain housing.

If you know your Minnesota juvenile record

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The Real Costs of Living with a Criminal Record in Minnesota

Published By: Chris Keyser

Category: Criminal Defense | Expungement / Criminal Record Sealing

You committed a crime. You did the time for it. It is also highly likely that you paid a heap in fines, rehabilitation, restitution, or any combination of them depending on your conviction.

What you probably never even thought about were the ongoing negative impacts and costs of having that criminal record. Things which are affecting your ability to reintegrate successfully into Minnesota society.

These are real costs to you and your loved ones, and those costs have

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Don’t Let a Youthful Mistake Stop Your Kid from Going to College

Published By: Chris Keyser

Category: Expungement / Criminal Record Sealing | Juvenile Law

All parents know that even the best teenagers make lapses in judgement.

Studies have shown that teens are prone to impulsive decisions, as the parts of the brain that process emotion and decision-making aren’t yet fully developed. Still more studies have shown that people grow out of their teenage mistakes and behaviors, suggesting that mistakes made during adolescence aren’t necessarily reflective of adult life. For example, whether a person will ultimately succeed in college and early professional career.

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What Causes Someone in Minnesota to Get a Criminal Record?

Published By: Chris Keyser

Category: Expungement / Criminal Record Sealing

Most people understand that someone who is convicted of a crime will then have a criminal record. After all, a conviction is the legal system’s way of saying yes, you did in fact engage in a criminal act. A criminal record is, well, a record of that.

Where it gets confusing for many is when they don’t get convicted.

What if you are charged but found innocent? Or your charges are dropped or dismissed? Or the police

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Why You Should Work with a MN Lawyer to Seal Your Criminal Record

Published By: Chris Keyser

Category: Expungement / Criminal Record Sealing

If you have ever had a run-in with the law, you are more than familiar with the criminal penalties you may face for your charges. However, one of the most severe consequences of legal trouble isn’t even mentioned at sentencing: having a criminal record.

Arrest records, court proceedings, and sentencing are all maintained in public databases, meaning that any form of legal trouble can and will show up on a background check – even if you were not

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