The client carried a Class 4 Felony Taking the Identity of Another conviction out of Maricopa County Superior Court that traced back to 2010. Future First filed the Application to Set Aside under ARS § 13-905 and the court granted the application in 99 days, clearing the felony off the active record and restoring firearm rights in the same order.
At a glance
| Original conviction | Taking the Identity of Another (ARS § 13-2008), Class 4 Felony |
| Application filed | Application to Set Aside, ARS § 13-905, 2025 |
| Court | Maricopa County Superior Court |
| Result | Set Aside Granted. Conviction vacated, judgment of guilt dismissed, all civil disabilities lifted. |
| Rights restored | Firearm rights restored in the same order under ARS § 13-905(D). |
| Time from application to grant | 99 days from application filing to granted |
The challenge
A Class 4 Felony Identity Theft conviction follows an applicant into every background check, every rental application, and every employer screen. The case was years old. The client had completed probation, paid every financial term, and lived clean. The active conviction was the only thing left blocking the next stage of life.
Identity Theft under ARS § 13-2008 is a financial felony. Background reviewers flag financial felonies harder than almost any other category. Set aside under ARS § 13-905 is the statutory tool to vacate the conviction, dismiss the judgment, and lift the civil disabilities tied to it.
What we did
Future First filed the Application to Set Aside under ARS § 13-905 in Maricopa County Superior Court. The application laid out the client’s compliance record from probation, full restitution and fee payment, the absolute discharge documentation, and the statutory factors the court weighs under § 13-905(A). The package included the firearm rights restoration request under § 13-905(D) so both forms of relief moved in the same order.
Set aside applications move on the strength of the documentation. Future First built the application around documented sentence completion, the time elapsed since discharge, and the statutory factors. The 99-day grant reflects what a clean Maricopa filing looks like when the application closes every door an opposing prosecutor would look at.
The judge signed the order. Set aside granted. Firearm rights restored. The Class 4 Felony Identity Theft conviction is vacated, the guilty judgment is dismissed, and the civil disabilities tied to the conviction lift in full.
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If you have an old Arizona felony conviction
ARS § 13-905 lets the sentencing court set aside a felony conviction once the applicant has completed every term of the sentence, paid every monetary obligation, and avoided new criminal matters. The court vacates the conviction, dismisses the judgment of guilt, and lifts the civil disabilities tied to the conviction.
Set aside is the foundation of Arizona record cleanup. It paves the way for sealing the record under ARS § 13-911 once the statutory wait period has run from judge-ordered non-financial completion. For most Class 4 Felony cases, that wait period is five years.
The application is filed in the court of conviction. The court weighs the statutory factors. Clean applications turn around quickly. Sloppy applications get continued, opposed, or denied. The work is in building the application correctly the first time.
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