The client carried a Class 1 Misdemeanor Disorderly Conduct Domestic Violence conviction and a Class 1 Misdemeanor Disorderly Conduct Fighting conviction out of Yuma Municipal Court. Future First filed the Application to Seal under ARS § 13-911 and the court granted the application in 64 days, closing public access to the case file.
At a glance
| Original conviction | Disorderly Conduct – Domestic Violence (ARS § 13-2904), Class 1 Misdemeanor; Disorderly Conduct – Fighting (ARS § 13-2904), Class 1 Misdemeanor |
| Application filed | Application to Seal, ARS § 13-911, 2024 |
| Court | Yuma 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 | 64 days from application filing to granted |
The challenge
A Disorderly Conduct conviction with a Domestic Violence designation under ARS § 13-2904 carries the full weight of the DV label on background checks, housing applications, and employment screens. The fighting count layered on the same case file made the surface footprint heavier. Yuma Municipal Court records still surface DV-designated misdemeanors on standard searches once the court database refreshes.
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 Yuma Municipal Court.
What we did
Future First filed the Application to Seal under ARS § 13-911 in Yuma Municipal Court. The application covered both Class 1 Misdemeanor Disorderly Conduct counts. 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.
Yuma Municipal Court ran the application through review on the standard timeline. 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 Class 1 Misdemeanor Disorderly Conduct counts. The court file is closed from public access.
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If you have a DV-designated misdemeanor on your record
ARS § 13-911 reaches Disorderly Conduct convictions under § 13-2904 with or without a Domestic Violence designation. The sealing wait for a Class 1 Misdemeanor is two years from judge-ordered non-financial completion of the sentence. The DV designation does not add to the wait; it does add reasons to want the file sealed.
Sealing under § 13-911 closes public access to the file. Future employers and landlords running background checks against Yuma 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 DV-designated misdemeanor the combination is the strongest cleanup available under Arizona law.
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