What criminal charges may be expunged?

The same eligibility requirements which apply to sealing also apply to expunction, with certain additional requirements.

Any charge, which resulted in a withholding of adjudication or in an acquittal (that is, a not guilty verdict) after trial, may not be expunged unless and until it has first been sealed for at least 10 years. See Florida statutes section 943.0585(2)(h).

A charge which was dismissed before trial (for example, no information, nolle prosequi, no bill, etc.) may be expunged immediately provided all charges related to the arrest were so disposed of and the record is otherwise eligible.