Legal Question in Criminal Law in New Jersey

Re: restoration of firearm rights

You might be able to expunge the prior criminal convictions.

The general rule of thumb is:

If you were convicted of an indictable offense and it is not excluded from expungement by state law, you must wait until 10 years from the date of your conviction, payment of fine, satisfactory completion of probation or release from incarceration, whichever is the latest date, before you may petition the Court for expungement; AND

b. - You must not have any disorderly persons, petty disorderly persons, or criminal charges, pending against you at the time your expungement petition is submitted; AND

c. - You cannot have been found guilty of/entered pleas of guilty- with respect to more than two disorderly or petty disorderly persons offenses or ever been convicted of any other crime; AND

d. - You cannot have ever been granted the dismissal of charges through participation in [PTI]pre-trial intervention; AND

e. - You cannot have ever been granted an expungement, sealing of records, or similar relief in any State or Federal Court with respect to a criminal/felony charge.

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