DO YOU HAVE AN ILLINOIS CRIMINAL RECORD THAT

DO YOU HAVE AN ILLINOIS CRIMINAL RECORD THAT IS MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO FIND A JOB? If so, please join us for a meeting hosted by Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation & Veterans Affairs Illiana Health Care System, in partnership with Vermilion County Works on May 25 th at 1: 00 PM at the Danville VA- Mental Health Conference room, Building 103, room 112 E. Expungement removes information from your record and is available for prior arrests, acquittals, and dismissals and for some cases for which you satisfactorily completed probation or supervision (except Sealing restricts public access to information from your record and is available for many misdemeanor and some felony convictions. Convictions subject to sealing are specifically itemized by Illinois statute. DUI and reckless driving cases and sex offenses involving a minor). For drug-related offenses, you will be required to provide a clean drug test. For cases for which you completed a sentence, a waiting period of 2 -5 years (depending on the specific offense) generally is required before you can seek expungement or sealing. Why should you consider The rules of expungement and expungement or sealing are complicated but of your criminal record? attorneys are available at no • To improve cost employment Ø To review your criminal opportunities record • To enter an education and determine you r program eligibility for expungement or • To find better housing sealing; • To assist with Ø To help you prepare the immigration. needed to please begincontact the Rebecca Sanders at (217) 554 -5675 or Ifpetition you have any questions, Land of Legal Assistance at (217) 356 -1351. expungement or. Lincoln sealing process.