The client carried a Class 3 Felony Theft 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 21 days, vacating the high-felony theft conviction and restoring firearm rights in the same order.
At a glance
| Original conviction | Theft (ARS § 13-1802), Class 3 Felony |
| Application filed | Application to Set Aside, ARS § 13-905, 2024 |
| Court | Maricopa County Superior Court |
| Result | Set Aside Granted. The Class 3 Felony Theft 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 | 21 days from application filing to granted |
The challenge
Theft at the Class 3 Felony tier under ARS § 13-1802 sits high on the Arizona theft severity ladder. The class triggers presumptive prison exposure on the original case and the felony class triggers the federal firearm prohibition that follows any felony for life. Theft as an offense category sits in the dishonesty bucket that financial roles, retail employers, and licensing boards flag automatically.
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.
The 21-day grant cycle is at the fast end of how Maricopa County Superior Court moves on a felony set aside application. The documentation was complete on filing, the statutory factor record was clean, and the assigned criminal division had everything required to sign the order without additional process. The application held up at every step.
The judge signed the order. Set aside granted on the Class 3 Felony Theft 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 theft case on your record
ARS § 13-905 reaches Class 3 Felony theft convictions on the same factor analysis used on any other felony. Full sentence completion, the documented passage of time, and the statutory factors govern the outcome. The set aside vacates the conviction and dismisses the judgment of guilt.
Firearm rights restoration runs in the same order under § 13-905(D). The conviction record converts from active to vacated. Background checks pulling from the Arizona Public Access database return the case with the set aside notation.
Sealing under ARS § 13-911 is the next stage. The sealing wait for a Class 3 Felony is ten years from judge-ordered non-financial completion. The completion that matters is the judge-ordered side.
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