The client carried a Class 1 Misdemeanor Assault conviction out of Phoenix Municipal Court. Future First filed the Application to Seal under ARS § 13-911 and the court granted the application in 443 days, closing public access to the case file.
At a glance
| Original conviction | Assault – Intentional, Knowing Physical Injury (ARS § 13-1203(A)(1)), Class 1 Misdemeanor |
| Application filed | Application to Seal, ARS § 13-911, 2024 |
| Court | Phoenix Municipal 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 | 443 days from application filing to granted |
The challenge
A Class 1 Misdemeanor Assault under ARS § 13-1203(A)(1) sits at the top of the misdemeanor tier and carries heavy weight on background checks. Phoenix Municipal Court records surface on standard searches once the court database publishes them. Employers see an assault count and read it as a violence event without context.
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, satisfied the wait, and the path was open for an Application to Seal in Phoenix Municipal Court.
What we did
Future First filed the Application to Seal under ARS § 13-911 in Phoenix Municipal Court. The application covered the Class 1 Misdemeanor Assault 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 application moved through extended Phoenix Municipal Court review. The firm tracked the application through every status check. 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 the Class 1 Misdemeanor Assault count. The court file is closed from public access.
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If you have a misdemeanor assault on your record
ARS § 13-911 reaches misdemeanor Assault convictions under § 13-1203 once the statutory wait is satisfied. The sealing wait for a Class 1 Misdemeanor is two years from judge-ordered non-financial completion of the sentence. Once the wait is satisfied, the application moves through municipal court on the local court’s review timeline.
Sealing under § 13-911 closes public access to the file. Future employers running background checks against Phoenix Municipal 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 misdemeanor assault the combination is the strongest cleanup 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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