Almost 10 years ago, there was a felony drug arrest made against me. Although I was arrested and charged, nothing came from it once we began the court proceedings (via a nolle prosequi determination).
I have since moved away from Illinois but this charge has now caused me to be denied a fingerprint clearance card with the State of Arizona; as such, it's jeopardizing my income, livelihood, and ability to better my self/family.
Is there a way for this to get expunged?
Does it fall off of one's record after 'n' amount of years?
Are there any lawyers/firms who would work with me, being how I'm out-of-state, in order to get this off of my record?
The State of Arizona's denial is stating that they're unable to determine the outcome of the charge which I believe is falsely causing them to believe it's somehow on-going.
I realize this is the worst time right now, with the Coronavirus shutting down many businesses and government firms, but I desperately need to get this arrest off of my record so I can continue to better my self and family.
I have a great job with the State and would be crushed if this caused me financial hardship because of one day ~10 years ago.
First, I suggest that you contact an Illinois attorney who can look into your old case, determine whether your records are expungeable and, if they are, help you to file a petition for expungement before the appropriate Illinois state court.
I do not know the significance of a fingerprint clearance card in Arizona, nor do I entirely understand why an Illinois record that should already show the nolle pros disposition should be standing in your way in Arizona, but that is something you will need to discuss with an Arizona attorney. In most cases, however, Illinois records for an arrest and charge that do not result in a conviction should be eligible for expungement upon proper petition and order of court.
In most cases, you should be able to have the arrest and case expunged from your record.
Real Estate Bad Tenant Section-8 Brooklyn, NY
I own an 8-family building in Brooklyn, NY. I am currently renovating 6 of 8 apartments (full gut renovation). The one tenant is nice as pie and the other tenant is a pro at renting if you know what I mean. I purchased the building back in 7/2005. The problem tenant has not paid the rent all of 2005 all the way up to 6/2006. I finally won in court (that's funny) all of the back rent that the tenant is responsible for, but my attorney fees exceeded the actual rent that was owed by 3x. Reason being every time the marshal put the eviction notice she managed to get me back to court and stop the eviction, this happened 6x. How could she get away with this? Never the less she again, stopped paying her portion starting you guessed it 7/2006. We are now in 3/2007. I really want to get this tenant out! I know she does not have the back rent, but the judge will give her 30-days to come up with the money and she will not of course, a marshal will be sent to the apartment and again she will stop the eviction. We will go to court and she will come up with very little money and again the judge will do the same thing give her 30 days, the marshal will go again and you know the rest of this story. How do I get her out once & for all?
