The client carried a Class 1 Misdemeanor DUI Impaired conviction out of Mesa Municipal Court. Future First filed the Application to Seal Records under ARS § 13-911 and the court granted the application in 21 days, sealing the DUI from public view and from background-check exposure.
At a glance
| Original conviction | DUI Impaired (ARS § 28-1381(A)(1)), Class 1 Misdemeanor |
| Application filed | Application to Seal Records, ARS § 13-911, 2024 |
| Court | Mesa Municipal Court |
| Result | Sealing Record Granted. The Class 1 Misdemeanor DUI conviction sealed from public view and from background-check exposure. |
| Rights restored | N/A |
| Time from application to grant | 21 days from application filing to granted |
The challenge
DUI Impaired under ARS § 28-1381(A)(1) is a Class 1 Misdemeanor in Arizona. The offense category draws automatic flags on background checks pulled by transportation employers, commercial driver license screens, and any role tied to vehicle access. The conviction also carries the social and reputational weight that DUI exposure invites in any background-check context.
The client had served the sentence, completed every term, and the years since the case were clean. The active conviction record was the last barrier between the client and a clean background-check return. ARS § 13-911 was the cleanup tool.
What we did
Future First filed the Application to Seal Records under ARS § 13-911 in Mesa Municipal Court. The application documented the wait period from judge-ordered non-financial completion. The sealing wait for a non-Extreme DUI is three years measured from the conclusion of judge-ordered counseling, not from MVD-ordered IID, license, or traffic school events. The package laid out the full completion record on the judge-ordered side and the statutory factor analysis the court weighs under § 13-911.
The 21-day grant cycle is at the fast end of how a municipal court moves on a sealing application. The documentation was complete on filing, the wait period was correctly calculated from judge-ordered completion, and the bench had everything required to sign the order without additional process. The application held up at every step.
The judge signed the order. Sealing Record Granted on the Class 1 Misdemeanor DUI Impaired count. 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 misdemeanor DUI on your record
ARS § 13-911 reaches Class 1 Misdemeanor DUI convictions on the same factor analysis used on any other misdemeanor. The wait calculation is the key step: three years for a non-Extreme DUI, measured from the conclusion of judge-ordered counseling. MVD-side requirements like IID, license reinstatement, and traffic school do not control the wait calculation.
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 work on a DUI sealing is the wait math and the completion documentation. Once that record is built, the application moves on the strength of the documentation.
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