This tool is being developed for use by Kansas Legal Services (KLS) to assist persons seeking expungement. Based on the information you provide about your case, this tool is able to generate the necessary forms for you to be able to seek expungement. The forms this tool uses are based on self-help forms developed by the Kansas Judicial Council for the public. This tool does not provide legal advice.
Once you have completed the following questionnaire, you will receive an email with draft versions of all of the forms you will need to request an expungement. Please print out these forms and review them with an attorney before submitting them to the courts. Users are encouraged to contact Kansas Legal Services if they require assistance.
This tool has four stages:
- Expungement Eligibility - to begin, you will answer questions that will tell you whether it may be possible for you to get your criminal record expunged
- Personal Information - here you will provide information about yourself that will be used to fill out the forms you will need to send to the court
- Case Information - here you will fill provide details about the case you are looking to have expunged so that the courts can find your information
- Financial Eligibility - finally, you will have the option to answer a series of questions about your household income and receive a set of forms that will allow you to apply to remove the $195 filing fee the courts normally require in order to consider your expungement request.
Please Note: This application will help you prepare the forms necessary to request expungement of a single criminal case (though this single case may involve multiple charges). If you are seeking to expunge multiple cases, you will need to go through this tool once for each case.
These forms and instructions follow those created by the Kansas Judicial Council. The Kansas Judicial Council instructions state: Caution: Use of forms without the assistance of attorney could harm your legal rights. You may want to have an attorney review your completed forms before you file them with the court. These are basic forms and may not cover every situation.
Click the button below to begin the process.