VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A military spouse's quest to clear her name carries on in court. A Virginia Beach judge granted expungement on Tuesday morning, effectively erasing the record of the February ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Richmond Public Library will host an informational workshop on expungement and the sealing of criminal records in Virginia. The workshop will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on ...

Virginia has been one of the nation’s least forgiving and most restrictive states for individuals who have earned the opportunity to have old convictions and charges expunged from their records. While ...

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. — Fairfax County residents who are eligible for expungements no longer have to attend a court hearing in person, Commonwealth Attorney Steve Descano told WUSA9. "A person's ...

Attorneys representing three individuals seeking to expunge their criminal records in Delaware have asserted that their applications were unjustly rejected due to convictions in other states. This ...

For the first time in Virginia’s history, people with past convictions will be able to have their record sealed from public view. Virginia’s General Assembly passed the record-sealing law in 2021, and ...

A Virginia subcommittee is looking into potential changes to laws that block criminals from certain types of jobs and adopting children. Virginia has more than 150 crimes that would bar a person from ...

Starting today, residents in Fairfax County will no longer need to appear in court to expunge their criminal records, streamlining an often complicated and time-consuming process. Fairfax County ...

Re “Virginia Beach pastor’s prostitution-related charges will be expunged from his record, judge rules” (Aug. 23): It is disheartening to learn of the expungement of charges for pastor John Blanchard.