The client carried a Class 1 Misdemeanor Disorderly Conduct conviction out of Maricopa County Superior Court. Future First filed the Application to Set Aside under ARS § 13-905 and the court granted the application in 239 days, vacating the conviction and clearing the active record entry.
At a glance
| Original conviction | Disorderly Conduct (ARS § 13-2904), Class 1 Misdemeanor |
| Application filed | Application to Set Aside, ARS § 13-905, 2025 |
| Court | Maricopa County Superior Court |
| Result | Set Aside Granted. The Class 1 Misdemeanor Disorderly Conduct conviction vacated, judgment of guilt dismissed. |
| Rights restored | Active conviction record cleared. The set aside removes the civil disabilities tied to the conviction entry. |
| Time from application to grant | 239 days from application filing to granted |
The challenge
A Class 1 Misdemeanor Disorderly Conduct conviction stays on the active record until the court enters a set aside order. Background-check vendors return the case on any criminal history search. Employers and landlords flag misconduct-coded entries even at the misdemeanor tier. The client had served the sentence, paid every monetary obligation, and lived clean for the years since the case.
ARS § 13-905 was the right cleanup tool. The statute reaches misdemeanors. The factor analysis runs on the same framework as felony applications, with the misdemeanor class moving through the court faster than higher-tier cases.
What we did
Future First filed the Application to Set Aside under ARS § 13-905 in Maricopa County Superior Court. The application documented full sentence completion, the clean record since the case, full monetary compliance, and the statutory factors the court weighs under § 13-905(A).
Disorderly Conduct misdemeanor set aside applications in the Maricopa Superior Court system run on the criminal motion cycle assigned to the case. The 239-day grant cycle reflects how the court processes misdemeanor applications when the documentation lines up. The application held up at every step.
The judge signed the order. Set aside granted on the Class 1 Misdemeanor Disorderly Conduct count. The conviction is vacated, the judgment of guilt is dismissed, and the civil disabilities tied to the conviction entry lift.
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If you have an Arizona Disorderly Conduct conviction
ARS § 13-905 reaches Disorderly Conduct cases at every class level. Class 1 Misdemeanor cases under § 13-2904 are the most common form of the offense. Felony Disorderly Conduct under § 13-2904(A)(6) involves discharge of a deadly weapon and runs through a more involved factor analysis. The Class 1 Misdemeanor version moves cleanly on a documented set aside application.
The set aside vacates the conviction and dismisses the judgment of guilt. The record carries the set aside notation on the same line as the original entry. Employers and licensing boards reviewing the record see the set aside has issued.
Sealing under ARS § 13-911 is the next stage when the goal is closing public access entirely. The sealing wait for a Class 1 Misdemeanor is three years from judge-ordered non-financial completion. The sealing application can run on top of the set aside once the wait has cleared.
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