The client carried a Class 2 Felony Dangerous Drug Violation conviction out of Maricopa County Superior Court from a 2011 case. Future First filed the Application to Set Aside under ARS § 13-905 and the court granted the application in 217 days, vacating the top-class drug felony and restoring firearm rights in the same order.
At a glance
| Original conviction | Dangerous Drug Violation (ARS § 13-3407), Class 2 Felony |
| Application filed | Application to Set Aside, ARS § 13-905, 2024 |
| 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 | 217 days from application filing to granted |
The challenge
A Class 2 Felony Dangerous Drug Violation sits at the high end of Arizona’s drug conviction ladder. The conviction had been on the client’s record from the 2011 case. Years of compliance after sentence completion did not move the conviction off any background check. The active conviction status was the structural barrier.
Dangerous Drug convictions trigger automatic flags on employer screens, licensing reviews, and housing applications. The class level intensifies the response. Set aside under ARS § 13-905 vacates the conviction and lifts the civil disabilities that follow it.
What we did
Future First filed the Application to Set Aside under ARS § 13-905 in Maricopa County Superior Court. The application documented complete sentence completion, full monetary compliance, absolute discharge, the years of clean record, and the statutory factors under § 13-905(A). The firearm rights restoration request under § 13-905(D) ran in the same filing.
Class 2 Felony drug applications often draw prosecutor review and additional procedural steps. The 217-day grant cycle reflects what a Maricopa filing on a top-class drug felony looks like when the prosecution reviews and the court works the application through the assigned division. The application held up at every stage.
The judge signed the order. Set aside granted on the Class 2 Felony Dangerous Drug Violation. Firearm rights restored. The conviction is vacated, the guilty judgment is dismissed, and the civil disabilities lift in full.
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If you have an Arizona drug felony on your record
ARS § 13-905 applies to drug felony convictions at every class level. Class 2 Felony cases face the most scrutiny at the set aside stage. The application has to address the class level head-on, document the rehabilitation record cleanly, and tie each statutory factor to specific evidence.
Maricopa County Superior Court hears the bulk of Arizona’s drug felony set aside applications. The court’s handling cycle on Class 2 cases runs longer than the cycle on lower-class felonies. The applicant has to be ready for that timeline and the application has to be solid enough to hold up under longer review.
Set aside makes the conviction record cleanup possible. Sealing under ARS § 13-911 finishes the work once the statutory wait runs. For a Class 2 Felony, the sealing wait is ten years from judge-ordered non-financial completion. The set aside step is non-negotiable. Sealing follows once the wait is satisfied.
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