Legal Question in Criminal Law in Wisconsin

Re: expunge dismissed charges

How are your potential employers finding out that you were ever charged with a crime? Although I am not an employment lawyer, I doubt that such a question would be proper. Even asking about convictions is marginal these days, unless the conviction somehow relates to the duties of the job, i.e. an embezzler applying for work as a loan officer at a bank. You might consider asking the agencies retaining the records what it would take to get them destroyed, but I doubt that you will get very far with that approach unless they consent to the destruction. Even if you get past that hurdle, you will next need to deal next with the state and federal records systems. The FBI maintains the federal system, which is known as the NCIC, and the state maintains the CIB, or Crime Information Bureau. I suspect that they will require a court order, which will not be very easy to get, and might even challenge that. Good luck!

Re: expunge dismissed charges

The short answer is no - the fact of the charge and its disposition will always be of record. However, there is a possibility that the internet CCAP record could be removed by order of the court. There is also legislation pending that would expedite exactly that procedure - in fact make it mandatory. Many others are in your exact position.