How many dates of arrest can I have sealed or expunged?
The eligibility criteria for an applicant to have a record sealed or expunged include the requirement that the applicant be able to state under oath that he or she has never previously had a record sealed or expunged in Florida or in another jurisdiction.
This means, in effect, that a person may only seal or expunge one arrest record in one proceeding.
More than one record may be sealed or expunged in the same proceeding if the court, in its sole discretion, finds the arrests to be directly related.
A record that is initially ineligible for expunction (for example, where adjudication is withheld) may become eligible after it has been sealed for 10 years. However, a person may not seal or expunge one arrest record and then later, in a different proceeding, ask to have a different arrest record sealed or expunged.
An expunction or sealing which occurs automatically or by operation of law, without any action on the part of the applicant, is not considered a prior expunction or sealing for this purpose.
Florida Statutes section 943.0582 provides that a juvenile diversion expunction does not prevent an applicant from seeking a judicial expunction or sealing under Florida Statutes sections 943.0585 or 943.059.
