The client carried a Class 6 Felony Criminal Damage conviction out of Maricopa County Superior Court from a 2001 case. Future First filed the Application to Seal Records under ARS § 13-911 and the court granted the application in 128 days, sealing the older felony from public view and from background-check exposure.
At a glance
| Original conviction | Criminal Damage (ARS § 13-1602), Class 6 Felony |
| Application filed | Application to Seal Records, ARS § 13-911, 2024 |
| Court | Maricopa County Superior Court |
| Result | Sealing Record Granted. Conviction sealed from public view and from background-check exposure. |
| Rights restored | The applicant can lawfully deny the case in most non-law-enforcement contexts. Background checks that consume the sealed-records database no longer return the case. |
| Time from application to grant | 128 days from application filing to granted |
The challenge
A Class 6 Felony Criminal Damage conviction from a 2001 case had been on the client’s record for over two decades. The case was old. The client had stayed clean. The active conviction was the structural barrier on background-check responses, even after years had passed.
Class 6 Felony is the lowest felony class in Arizona. The sealing wait under ARS § 13-911 is three years from judge-ordered non-financial completion. On a 2001 conviction the wait was satisfied many times over. The remaining work was building the application.
What we did
Future First filed the Application to Seal Records under ARS § 13-911 in Maricopa County Superior Court. The application reconstructed the 2001 case file from archive storage, documented completion of every judge-ordered term, full monetary compliance, the long clean record since the conviction, and the factors the court weighs under § 13-911.
The 128-day grant cycle reflects what a clean Class 6 Felony Maricopa sealing filing looks like when the application package is built tight. Lower-class felony cases turn around faster than the top-class drug or violent felony cases. The application held up at every review step.
The judge signed the order. Sealing Record Granted on the Class 6 Felony Criminal Damage. The case file is sealed from public view. Background checks that consume the sealed-records database no longer return the case. The applicant can lawfully deny the conviction in most non-law-enforcement contexts.
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If you have an Arizona Class 6 Felony on your record
Class 6 Felony cases are the fastest set of Arizona felony cleanup applications. The set aside path under ARS § 13-905 is available once the sentence completion criteria are met. The sealing wait under ARS § 13-911 is three years from judge-ordered non-financial completion. The designation-to-misdemeanor path under ARS § 13-604 is also available on qualifying Class 6 Felony cases.
The applicant chooses the path that fits the case. Set aside vacates the conviction. Sealing closes public access. DTM converts the conviction to a misdemeanor when the eligibility criteria are met. The three paths can run in sequence on the same case.
Maricopa County Superior Court moves Class 6 Felony applications on a faster cadence than higher-class felony cases. The lower-class status, combined with a clean record since the conviction, drives the quicker turnaround.
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Want to clear your record in Arizona? Call Future First Criminal Law at 602-900-6240 or request a free consultation. We have handled hundreds of Arizona record removal applications across every statute path. The cleanup is permanent and the process moves faster when handled by a firm that knows the local court.
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