Expungement and Sealing Legal Fees

Our legal fees are the cost to us that occurs when we provide the expungement or sealing service to our clients.  We try to keep all our costs to a minimum to provide the best service at the lowest price.  What we try to do is provide a service that, except for some initial paperwork, is completely done by our office.  This gives our clients the freedom to go on with their lives knowing that their arrest record is being sealed or expunged properly.

Legal Fees

Before we ask you for a single dime of your money we want to make sure you qualify to have your record sealed or expunged.  By "qualifying" we mean that we want to make sure the Florida Department of Law Enforcement will issue you a Certificate of Eligibility. This is a short process that can usually be done over the phone.

Once we determine that you qualify to have your arrest record sealed or expunged we bifurcate our fee into two payments.  The first payment is due immediately.  This covers the process of obtaining a certificate of eligibility.  This can take up to four months to accomplish.

Once we have your certificate of eligibility we can then proceed to petition the court.  This is when the final payment of the legal fees is due.  The time frame to getting this done is dependent on the court, the judge, and the prosecutor. This usually takes about 2 months.

FDLE Fee

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement requires a $75 processing fee.  This is due at the beginning of the process to get your certificate of eligibility.  This must be in the form of a money order made out to FDLE for $75.

To Retain Orlando Criminal Defense Attorney Eric J Dirga

We have literally done several hundred petitions to seal or expunge.  We have been doing these since 1999 for clients but our experience dates back to 1996 when Eric J Dirga worked for the State Attorney in Orlando.  For 14 months he was assigned to handle all petitions to seal or expunge for the state in Orlando and Kissimmee.  If you have questions we can answer them.  Contact us (407) 841-5555.

Cost Associated with Expungements

The State of Florida requires a minimum cost of $37.50 by the Clerk of Court.  This amount can be changed by law.  Costs above that are due to the special handling of a file that has been sealed or expunged.

Once a court grants a petition to seal or expunge a court record - that file must immediately be handled in a secure manner.  The Order sealing or expunging a court file must be mailed by certified receipt to several agencies.  Additionally, the file must be purged from the computer system and separated if the case had co-defendants.

We provide a full range of expungement and sealing services.  If you have questions, call - we may be able to help.  (407) 841-5555.

Expungement	Sealing
Administrative Expungement	Juvenile Expungement
Correct Records	Injunctions
Get Started Today	Questions & Answers
Out-of-State Expungements	Background Checks
Exceptions to Disclosure	Prohibited Sealings

All these precautions add up to approximately $60-$100 per case.  Co-defendant cases can be several hundred dollars.

Money Owed

If a person still owes money to the court that was previously ordered, that money must be paid before the clerk processes the order.  This money can be restitution or court costs.

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