The client carried a Class 6 Felony Narcotic Drug Violation conviction, a Class 4 Felony Dangerous Drug Violation conviction, and a Class 6 Felony Drug Paraphernalia 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 294 days, sealing all three felony counts from public view and from background-check exposure.
At a glance
| Original conviction | Narcotic Drug Violation (ARS § 13-3408), Class 6 Felony; Dangerous Drug Violation (ARS § 13-3407), Class 4 Felony; Drug Paraphernalia (ARS § 13-3415), Class 6 Felony |
| Application filed | Application to Seal Records, ARS § 13-911, 2024 |
| Court | Maricopa County Superior Court |
| Result | Sealing Record Granted. All three felony 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 | 294 days from application filing to granted |
The challenge
Three drug felony convictions stacked in the same case: a Class 6 Felony Narcotic Drug Violation, a Class 4 Felony Dangerous Drug Violation, and a Class 6 Felony Drug Paraphernalia conviction. Drug-coded offenses draw automatic flags on background checks pulled by healthcare employers, pharmacy boards, transportation roles, and any role tied to a fingerprint clearance card check. The Class 4 Felony Dangerous Drug count drives the federal firearm prohibition and the longer sealing wait.
Sealing under ARS § 13-911 was the cleanup tool. The statutory wait for a Class 4 Felony is ten years from judge-ordered non-financial completion, the controlling timeline for the multi-count package. The wait was satisfied and the application was ready.
What we did
Future First filed the Application to Seal Records under ARS § 13-911 in Maricopa County Superior Court. The application covered all three felony counts in one consolidated filing. The package documented the wait period from judge-ordered non-financial completion (with the Class 4 Felony’s ten-year wait setting the controlling timeline), the clean record since the case, full monetary compliance, and the factors the court weighs under § 13-911.
The 294-day grant cycle reflects extended judicial review on a multi-count drug felony sealing application. The assigned criminal division worked through the factor analysis on the full file and the application held up at every step.
The judge signed the order. Sealing Record Granted on all three felony counts. The case is sealed from public view. Background checks that consume the sealed-records database no longer return the case.
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If you have an Arizona multi-count drug felony case on your record
ARS § 13-911 reaches multi-count drug felony cases on the same factor analysis used on any other felony. The sealing wait is set by the highest felony class in the case: ten years for Class 4, five years for Class 5 and Class 6, measured from judge-ordered non-financial completion. The completion that matters is the judge-ordered side.
The sealing order takes the case off public view and removes it from the background-check feeds that consume the sealed-records database. The applicant can lawfully deny the case in most non-law-enforcement contexts.
The set aside under ARS § 13-905 is the companion order on a felony drug case. The set aside vacates the convictions and restores firearm rights. Sealing closes the case from background-check exposure. The two orders stack and the combined effect is the full record-removal package available under Arizona law.
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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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