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Due to an overwhelming response, we are still working to process applications received in 2022. To best serve all eligible applicants and to ensure we can continue offering this outreach, we anticipate our next application period will open in summer of 2024.
Thank you for your interest, and we look forward to serving you!
An arrest record can be a significant impediment to a good quality of life. Often, individuals with arrest records find it hard to obtain jobs, housing, or financial aid for college.
Under certain specific circumstances outlined in art. 55.01 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, individuals may be able to clear arrests from their records through a process called an expunction. If eligible, an expunction generally results in the destruction of records related to an arrest and authorizes the person to deny that the arrest ever occurred. However, for many Dallas County residents, access to the expunction process remains out of reach due to an inability to pay or uncertainty of how to begin the process.
The Dallas County District Attorney's Office in partnership with the Dallas County District Clerk's Office hosts an Expunction Expo to help clear criminal records of people who, by law, are eligible for an expunction. Since its inception in 2017, this event has helped grant several thousand expunctions.
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