The client carried a Class 6 undesignated felony from 2010. A Pima Designate Misdemeanor Felony order under ARS § 13-604 moved the conviction down to a misdemeanor and confirmed the client’s civil and firearm rights were not suspended.
At a glance
| Original conviction | Solicitation to Possess or Transport a Prohibited Weapon (ARS § 13-1002, 13-3102), Class 6 Undesignated Felony, 2010 |
| Application filed | Application to Designate a Class 6 Undesignated Felony as a Misdemeanor (ARS § 13-604), 2026 |
| Court | Pima County Superior Court |
| Result | Designated to a misdemeanor, civil and firearm rights not suspended |
| Rights restored | Civil and firearm rights |
| Time from application to grant | 65 days from application filing to granted |
The challenge
In 2010 the client was convicted of a Class 6 undesignated felony out of Pima County. The court left the offense undesignated, which means it sat on the record as a felony until the client went back and asked the court to drop it to a misdemeanor.
An undesignated felony reads as a felony on every background check. It can carry a firearm bar and limit the client on jobs, housing, and professional licensing. The client completed probation in 2011 and paid every fee, but more than a decade later the felony classification was still doing damage. Designation to a misdemeanor was available, but only by application to the court.
What we did
Future First filed the Application to Designate a Class 6 Undesignated Felony as a Misdemeanor under ARS § 13-604 in Pima County Superior Court. The firm documented the probation discharge, confirmed all fines and fees were paid, and laid out the years of clean record the client built since the original case.
The State did not object. The court reviewed the file and the financial and criminal history reports and granted the application 65 days after filing. The court designated the offense a misdemeanor and confirmed that, with the misdemeanor designation, the client’s civil rights, including firearm rights, are not suspended on this case. The felony classification came off the record.
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If you have an old undesignated felony in Arizona
Arizona lets a court leave certain Class 6 felonies undesignated at sentencing. The offense stays a felony until you apply to designate it a misdemeanor under ARS § 13-604. Many people finish probation and never take that last step, so the felony keeps following them for years.
Designation to a misdemeanor changes how the offense reads on a background check and, in the right case, clears the firearm bar tied to the felony. Eligibility usually opens after you complete probation and satisfy every financial term.
If you have an undesignated felony from an old case, the conviction does not have to stay a felony. The designation is a separate filing, and it is worth doing right.
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