The client carried a Class 4 Felony Forgery conviction and a Class 6 Felony Possession of Forgery Device conviction out of Maricopa County Superior Court. Future First filed the Application to Seal Records under ARS § 13-911 and the court granted the application in 52 days, sealing both felony convictions from public view and from background-check exposure.
At a glance
| Original conviction | Forgery (ARS § 13-2002), Class 4 Felony; Possession of Forgery Device (ARS § 13-2003), Class 6 Felony |
| Application filed | Application to Seal Records, ARS § 13-911, 2024 |
| Court | Maricopa County Superior Court |
| Result | Sealing Record Granted. Both felony forgery counts 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 | 52 days from application filing to granted |
The challenge
A Class 4 Felony Forgery conviction and a Class 6 Felony Possession of Forgery Device conviction read as a pair on a criminal history search. Forgery falls in the financial-fraud category that banks, lenders, and any role touching financial systems flag automatically. Two counts compounds the background-check problem.
Sealing under ARS § 13-911 was the cleanup tool. The statutory wait for a Class 4 Felony is five years from judge-ordered non-financial completion. The Class 6 Felony Forgery Device count runs on the same wait. The client had cleared both wait periods. The work was in building the application around the documented compliance and the statutory framework.
What we did
Future First filed the Application to Seal Records under ARS § 13-911 in Maricopa County Superior Court. The application covered both felony counts. The package documented full sentence completion, the wait period from judge-ordered non-financial completion, full monetary compliance, the absence of new criminal matters during the wait, and the factors the court weighs under § 13-911.
Forgery sealing applications run on the criminal motion cycle alongside other felony sealing applications. The 52-day grant cycle is fast for a sealing application and reflects how Maricopa County Superior Court moves a clean filing when the documentation lines up cleanly. The application held up at every step.
The judge signed the order. Sealing Record Granted on both forgery counts. 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 convictions in most non-law-enforcement contexts.
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If you have a felony forgery case on your record
ARS § 13-911 reaches forgery convictions across both Class 4 and Class 6 tiers. The statutory wait for both classes runs five years from judge-ordered non-financial completion. The financial obligations on a forgery case do not delay the wait under the sealing math.
Forgery and Possession of Forgery Device often run as paired counts on the same case. The sealing application covers every count on the case file. The order seals the entire case rather than picking and choosing among counts.
Sealing under § 13-911 is the final stage of record cleanup on a forgery case. The case is closed to public view. Background-check vendors that consume the sealed-records database no longer return the case. The applicant can lawfully answer no in most non-law-enforcement contexts.
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