After winning a designation to misdemeanor and a set aside, Future First closed out the cleanup with a Pima Sealing Records Felony order under ARS § 13-911, sealing the entire case from public view.
At a glance
| Original conviction | Solicitation to Possess or Transport a Prohibited Weapon (ARS § 13-1002, 13-3102), Class 6 Felony, 2010 |
| Application filed | Petition to Seal Criminal Case Records (ARS § 13-911), 2026 |
| Court | Pima County Superior Court |
| Result | Sealing granted, all case records sealed |
| Rights restored | Records sealed from public access |
| Time from application to grant | 59 days from application filing to granted |
The challenge
The client’s 2010 felony case had already been designated a misdemeanor and set aside. Those wins changed how the conviction read and released the client from its penalties. They did not take the case off the public record.
A set-aside conviction still appears on a background check. The arrest, the charge, and the disposition stay searchable until a court orders them sealed. For a client trying to fully move on from a case that was more than a decade old, the last step was sealing, so the record would no longer surface to employers, landlords, and licensing boards.
What we did
Future First filed the Petition to Seal Criminal Case Records under ARS § 13-911 in Pima County Superior Court as the final piece of the cleanup. The petition built on the designation to misdemeanor and the set aside the firm had already secured on the same case.
The firm confirmed the client met every statutory requirement, that all terms and financial obligations were complete, and that there were no subsequent or pending matters. The State filed a no-objection response, which let the court act without waiting out the full notice period. The court found the offense eligible and granted the petition 59 days after filing, ordering all records relating to the arrest, conviction, and sentence sealed and transmitted to the Department of Public Safety and the prosecutor.
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If you have an old conviction in Arizona
Sealing under ARS § 13-911 is the step that takes a case off a standard background check. It reaches arrests, charges, and many convictions once the waiting period passes and every term of the sentence is complete.
Sealing often works best stacked with other relief. A designation to misdemeanor and a set aside change how a case reads. Sealing removes it from public view. Run together, they give the cleanest record Arizona law allows on an old case.
If you have an old conviction, you may be able to clear it on more than one front. The order of operations matters, and so does the court you file in.
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Want to clear your record in Arizona? Call Future First Criminal Law at 602-900-7625 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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