Reader’s Question:

I heard that my DWI charge here in Houston, Texas can be completely removed from my record. Who is entitled for this, how do I go about doing that and what are the conditions for it?

Marquis

Houston, TX

You can have your DWI charge in Houston, Texas completely removed from your record by way of expunction. Not only does it remove criminal charges from personal records but also arrests, including those of DWI and DUI. Anyone who has been placed under a noncustodial or custodial arrest for committing either a misdemeanor or felony is entitled to have all records and files relating to the arrest expunged. A person charged with DWI can do this if he/she has already been tried for the offense and acquitted by the trial court or convicted and subsequently pardoned.

If you have been released and your DWI charge has not resulted in a final conviction and is no longer pending and there was no court ordered community supervision, you are definitely entitled for expunction. After notice to the state at your request, the trial court presiding over your DWI case in which you were acquitted should enter an order of expunction for you not later than the 30th day after the date of your acquittal. Also, you should not have been convicted of a felony in the five years preceding the date of your arrest is a condition for having your DWI charge expunged.

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