The client carried a Class 6 Felony Drug Paraphernalia conviction and a Class 4 Felony Dangerous Drug Violation conviction out of Maricopa County Superior Court. Future First filed the Application to Seal under ARS § 13-911 and the court granted the application in 164 days, closing public access to the case file.
At a glance
| Original conviction | Drug Paraphernalia (ARS § 13-3415), Class 6 Felony; Dangerous Drug Violation (ARS § 13-3407), Class 4 Felony |
| Application filed | Application to Seal, ARS § 13-911, 2024 |
| Court | Maricopa County Superior Court |
| Result | Sealing Record Granted. The entire case file sealed from public access. |
| Rights restored | N/A on this filing. Sealing closes public access to the record. |
| Time from application to grant | 164 days from application filing to granted |
The challenge
A Class 4 Felony Dangerous Drug Violation under ARS § 13-3407 sits at a serious felony tier in Arizona. Paired with a Class 6 Felony Drug Paraphernalia under § 13-3415, the case file carries two felony entries that surface independently on background checks. Maricopa County Superior Court records still surface drug felonies after a set aside alone.
ARS § 13-911 was the path. The statute closes public access to the file once the eligibility math and the statutory wait line up. The client completed the sentence on both counts, satisfied the wait, and the path was open for an Application to Seal in Maricopa County Superior Court.
What we did
Future First filed the Application to Seal under ARS § 13-911 in Maricopa County Superior Court. The application covered both the Class 6 Felony Drug Paraphernalia count and the Class 4 Felony Dangerous Drug Violation count. The package documented full sentence completion, the § 13-911 wait satisfied from judge-ordered non-financial completion, and the statutory factors the court weighs under § 13-911.
The court took 164 days to move the application through review. Felony drug cases at the Class 4 tier get closer scrutiny under the sealing statute, and the firm built the application to address the analysis in advance. The application held up at every step and the court entered the order on the merits.
The judge signed the order. Sealing Record Granted on both felony drug counts. The court file is closed from public access.
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If you have a felony drug case on your record
ARS § 13-911 reaches felony drug convictions under § 13-3407 and § 13-3415 once the statutory wait is satisfied. The sealing wait for a Class 4 Felony Dangerous Drug Violation is five years from judge-ordered non-financial completion. The Class 6 Felony Drug Paraphernalia wait is three years. The longer wait controls the case.
Sealing under § 13-911 closes public access to the file. Future employers running background checks against Maricopa County Superior Court records get no result on a sealed case. The arrest, the case file, and the conviction record drop off public view.
Set aside under § 13-905 is the related cleanup. The two often run in sequence, with set aside vacating the conviction and sealing closing the file. For a felony drug case the combination is the strongest cleanup available under Arizona law.
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