The client carried a Class 4 Felony Narcotic Drug Violation 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 86 days, vacating the felony conviction and restoring firearm rights in the same order.
At a glance
| Original conviction | Narcotic Drug Violation (ARS § 13-3408), Class 4 Felony |
| Application filed | Application to Set Aside, ARS § 13-905, 2025 |
| Court | Maricopa County Superior Court |
| Result | Set Aside Granted. The Class 4 Felony Narcotic Drug Violation conviction vacated, judgment of guilt dismissed, all civil disabilities lifted. |
| Rights restored | Firearm rights restored in the same order under ARS § 13-905(D). Civil rights restored. |
| Time from application to grant | 86 days from application filing to granted |
The challenge
Narcotic Drug Violation under ARS § 13-3408 covers possession, possession for sale, transport, and offer to sell narcotic drugs. The base offense is a Class 4 Felony in Arizona. Drug felonies carry employment, occupational licensing, and housing consequences that follow the conviction record indefinitely. The federal firearm prohibition tied to any felony attaches as well.
The client had served the sentence and completed every term. The years since the case were clean. The active conviction record was the last barrier between the client and full rights restoration. ARS § 13-905 was the cleanup tool.
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). The firearm rights restoration request under § 13-905(D) was built into the same filing.
Class 4 Felony drug applications run on the criminal motion docket the same way any other felony set aside application runs. The 86-day grant cycle reflects how Maricopa County Superior Court processes a clean application when the documentation lines up and the statutory factors favor the applicant. The application held up at every step.
The judge signed the order. Set aside granted on the Class 4 Felony Narcotic Drug Violation count. Firearm rights restored in the same order. The conviction is vacated, the judgment of guilt is dismissed, and the civil disabilities lift in full.
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If you have a felony narcotic drug conviction in Arizona
ARS § 13-905 reaches narcotic drug felonies. Possession, possession for sale, transport, and other § 13-3408 offenses are eligible categories under the set aside statute when the statutory factors are met. The factor analysis is the same one used on any other felony.
Drug felonies sit alongside other Class 4 Felonies for set aside purposes. The set aside vacates the conviction and dismisses the judgment of guilt. Firearm rights restoration under § 13-905(D) runs in the same order. The conviction record converts from active to vacated and carries the set aside notation going forward.
Sealing under ARS § 13-911 is the next stage. The sealing wait for a Class 4 Felony is five years from judge-ordered non-financial completion. Drug felony cases with completed probation or sentence on the front end clear the wait by year five from the completion of the sentence.
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