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Expungement of a DWI In Missouri

Expungement of a DWI conviction is the court-ordered removal of all official records of an individual’s arrest, plea, trial, and conviction. The effect of an expungement is to restore an individual’s legal status to that he or she had before the arrest, plea, trial, or conviction, as if the DWI charge never took place.

Missouri has a unique expungement statute that applies specifically to DWI charges. An individual seeking to have a DWI charge expunged from his or her record must meet specific criteria set forth by Missouri law.

In short, for a DWI charge to qualify for expungement, the following criteria must be met.

• The DWI charge that an individual is seeking to expunge must be his or her first alcohol-related driving offense and must have been a misdemeanor charge rather than a felony charge;
• The DWI charge must be at least 10 years old;
• Since the date of the DWI charge, an individual cannot have any subsequent alcohol-related driving offenses;
• An individual cannot have any subsequent alcohol-related enforcement contacts, any other alcohol-related driving charges, or alcohol-related enforcement actions pending at the time of the expungement hearing.

Contact a St. Louis DWI Expungement Lawyer

Recently, Missouri legislators added new provisions to the DWI expungement statute in an attempt to make it more difficult for individuals to expunge an old DWI. The DWI expungement statute is complex. At Henderson & Waterkotte, P.C., our St. Louis DWI lawyers understand the process and know how to get a DWI expunged. We can explain the law to you and how it applies to your specific situation. Contact us today for a free consultation.