The client carried a Class 3 Felony Burglary 2nd Degree conviction out of Maricopa County Superior Court. Future First filed the sealing application under ARS § 13-911 and the court granted the application in 164 days, closing all records on the file.
At a glance
| Original conviction | Burglary 2nd Degree (ARS § 13-1507), Class 3 Felony |
| Application filed | Application to Seal Criminal Case Records, ARS § 13-911, 2024 |
| Court | Maricopa County Superior Court |
| Result | Sealing Record Granted. All records relating to arrest, conviction, and sentence sealed. |
| Rights restored | Firearm rights restoration handled separately under ARS § 13-905(D) or § 13-910 where applicable. Civil rights restored. |
| Time from filing to grant | 164 days from application filing to granted |
The challenge
Burglary 2nd Degree under ARS § 13-1507 charged as a Class 3 Felony sits in the mid-felony tier. The conviction strips civil rights at sentencing and triggers the federal firearm prohibition that follows any felony for life. Without sealing, the case kept surfacing on the Arizona Public Access database every time a third party ran a background check.
Sealing under ARS § 13-911 closes public access to the arrest, prosecution, conviction, and sentencing records once the wait runs and the court grants the application. With the sentence complete and the statutory wait satisfied, the path to sealing was open.
What we did
Future First filed the Application to Seal Criminal Case Records under ARS § 13-911 in Maricopa County Superior Court. The brief established that the Class 3 Felony Burglary 2nd Degree offense is eligible for sealing under § 13-911, the applicant completed every sentencing term and paid every monetary obligation, and sealing serves the applicant and the public’s safety.
For a Class 3 Felony, the sealing wait runs five years from judge-ordered non-financial completion. We documented the completion date, ran the math, and showed the wait had run. We attached the case docket, the sentence-completion documentation, and the Arizona Department of Public Safety report.
The court reviewed the package, entered findings under § 13-911, and granted the application 164 days after filing. The Clerk sealed all records relating to the arrest, conviction, and sentence.
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If you have a felony Burglary conviction on your record
A Class 3 Felony Burglary 2nd Degree conviction is eligible for sealing under ARS § 13-911 five years after completion of judge-ordered non-financial sentencing conditions. Other Burglary classes follow the same wait scale: Burglary 1st Degree (Class 2 Felony) takes ten years, Burglary 3rd Degree (Class 4 Felony) takes five.
Sealing closes the case to public-facing background searches. Set aside under ARS § 13-905 is a separate remedy that vacates the conviction itself. Many clients run both processes to fully clear the record. The sealing order is what removes the case from public databases.
The application must show that the applicant has not been subsequently convicted of a felony or non-traffic misdemeanor since the original case. The prosecutor receives notice and time to object. Most felony sealing applications move through the court on the merits without a hearing.
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