The client carried multiple felony convictions out of Yavapai County Superior Court from a late-1990s case, including Class 2 Felony misconduct counts and a Class 3 Felony assault count. Future First filed the Application to Seal Records under ARS § 13-911 and the court granted the application in 70 days, sealing the decades-old felonies from public view and from background-check exposure.
At a glance
| Original conviction | Multiple felony counts, Class 2 Felony misconduct (ARS § 13-1406); Class 2 Felony kidnapping (ARS § 13-1304); Class 3 Felony aggravated assault (ARS § 13-1204) |
| Application filed | Application to Seal Records, ARS § 13-911, 2024 |
| Court | Yavapai County Superior Court |
| Result | Sealing Record Granted. All counts sealed from public view and from background-check exposure. |
| Rights restored | The applicant can lawfully deny the case in most non-law-enforcement contexts. Background checks that consume the sealed-records database no longer return the case. |
| Time from application to grant | 70 days from application filing to granted |
The challenge
Older Arizona felony cases sit in archive court systems. A late-1990s Yavapai case with multiple felony counts at high class levels carried the weight of every background check the client ran for nearly three decades. The convictions had been completed. The sentence had been served. The applicant had lived clean for the years required under the sealing statute.
Sealing under ARS § 13-911 is the statutory tool that closes public access to a completed Arizona case. The wait period scales with the felony class. Class 2 Felony cases have a ten-year wait. Class 3 Felony cases have an eight-year wait. The decades since the conviction had satisfied every applicable wait under the statute.
What we did
Future First filed the Application to Seal Records under ARS § 13-911 in Yavapai County Superior Court. The application reconstructed the late-1990s case file from archive storage, documented completion of every judge-ordered term, full monetary compliance, the multi-decade clean record since the conviction, and the factors the court weighs under § 13-911. The application covered every count on the underlying case.
Rural Arizona superior courts work through clean sealing applications faster than the Phoenix metro courts when the documentation is solid and the case is genuinely old. The 70-day grant cycle reflects what a clean Yavapai filing looks like on a decades-old felony case where the rehabilitation record is unambiguous.
The judge signed the order. Sealing Record Granted on every count in the case. The file is sealed from public view. Background checks that consume the sealed-records database no longer return the case. The applicant can lawfully deny the convictions in most non-law-enforcement contexts.
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If you have older Arizona felony convictions
ARS § 13-911 covers Arizona felony convictions of every category that meets the statutory eligibility criteria. The wait periods vary by class. The application has to address each count in the case and meet the criteria on each. A case with multiple counts at multiple class levels works through the highest applicable wait period and the most restrictive applicable criteria.
Rural Arizona superior courts move clean applications fast. Yavapai, Mohave, Cochise, and the other county courts handle their own sealing dockets without the volume drag that slows the Phoenix metro courts. The statutory standard is the same statewide. The court that hears the application is the court of conviction.
Older cases benefit from the wait-period math. A late-1990s conviction has already cleared every wait period in § 13-911. The applicant is ready on day one. The application work is the document retrieval and the statutory framework presentation, not the calendar.
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Want to clear your record in Arizona? Call Future First Criminal Law at 602-900-6240 or request a free consultation. We have handled hundreds of Arizona record removal applications across every statute path. The cleanup is permanent and the process moves faster when handled by a firm that knows the local court.
Anonymized in line with firm policy. Client name not used. Specific dates approximated to year only. Outcome described reflects this client’s actual results. Past outcomes do not guarantee future results. For more detailed information on Arizona record removal law, visit the Arizona State Legislature website.
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