The client carried a Class 2 Misdemeanor Criminal Damage conviction and a Class 1 Misdemeanor Disorderly Conduct conviction out of Sierra Vista Justice Court in Cochise County. Future First filed the Application to Seal under ARS § 13-911 and the court granted the application in 107 days, closing public access to the case file.
At a glance
| Original conviction | Criminal Damage (ARS § 13-1602), Class 2 Misdemeanor; Disorderly Conduct (ARS § 13-2904), Class 1 Misdemeanor |
| Application filed | Application to Seal, ARS § 13-911, 2024 |
| Court | Sierra Vista Justice 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 | 107 days from application filing to granted |
The challenge
A Criminal Damage and Disorderly Conduct case in Cochise County surfaces on background checks once Sierra Vista Justice Court publishes the records. The two-count case file shows both convictions independently and reads like a disturbance event on standard searches. Justice court records in less populated counties still publish to the Arizona Public Access database the same way Maricopa records do.
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 Sierra Vista Justice Court.
What we did
Future First filed the Application to Seal under ARS § 13-911 in Sierra Vista Justice Court. The application covered both the Class 2 Misdemeanor Criminal Damage count and the Class 1 Misdemeanor Disorderly Conduct 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 107 days to move the application through review. 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 misdemeanor counts. The court file is closed from public access.
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If you have a misdemeanor case in Cochise County on your record
ARS § 13-911 reaches misdemeanor Criminal Damage and Disorderly Conduct convictions across every justice court in Arizona, including Sierra Vista Justice Court. The sealing wait for a Class 1 Misdemeanor is two years from judge-ordered non-financial completion of the sentence. The Class 2 Misdemeanor wait is one year.
Sealing under § 13-911 closes public access to the file. Future employers running background checks against Cochise County 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 disturbance case the combination is the strongest cleanup available under Arizona law.
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