Welcome to the Kansas Expungement Assist Tool

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:

1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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. 

Thank you, please click "Begin" below to start. 

Kansas law does not allow a Kansas court to expunge a conviction from another state or the federal court.

Kansas law only allows the expungement of arrest records for one of the listed reasons. Please reach out to Kansas Legal Services with any questions you may have.

Was your crime any of the following?

• Capital murder
• Murder in the first or second degree
• Voluntary or involuntary manslaughter
• Rape
• Aggravated sexual battery
• Sexual battery of underage victim
• Indecent liberties with a child
• Criminal sodomy
• Indecent solicitation of a child
• Sexual exploitation of a child
• Aggravated incest
• Endangering a child
• Abuse of a child

Kansas law does not allow expungement for the listed offenses. The law may change in the future. Please reach out to Kansas Legal Services with any questions you may have.

Kansas law does not allow a person with pending felony charges to receive an expungement. The law may change in the future. Please reach out to Kansas Legal Services with any questions you may have.

Kansas law does not allow a person who has been convicted of a felony in the last two years to receive an expungement. The present rule may change or with the passage of time, this may no longer be an issue.

*If you are not sure whether you are required to register, you can search for your information at KBI's website.

Kansas law does not allow for expungements for persons on the drug offender registry. However, a recent law has made it easier for individuals with drug convictions to be removed from the Kansas offender registry. Now, a petitioner may file a joint application to be removed from the drug registry and to have their drug offenses expunged.

Currently, this tool is only able to provide users with the forms required to request expungement, not the forms necessary to request removal from the Kansas drug registry. To receive assistance in preparing an application to be removed from the Kansas drug registry, please contact Kansas Legal Services at 1-800-723-6953 or kansaslegalservices.org.

You may continue with the rest of this application to receive the forms you will need to request expungement. The forms to request removal from the drug registry are available at the Kansas Judicial Council website. 

 

A recent law has made it easier for individuals with drug convictions to be removed from the Kansas offender registry. Now, a petitioner may file a joint application to be removed from the drug registry and to have their drug offenses expunged. Currently, this expungement tool does not assist individuals in preparing the required forms for this process. Until this functionality is added, individuals interested in learning more should refer to guidance released by Kansas Legal Services and the ACLU of Kansas. 

You may still choose to proceed through the rest of this tool and receive your expungement request forms. The forms to request removal from the drug registry are available at the Kansas Judicial Council website. 

Kansas law does not allow for expungement for persons on the offender registry for sex or violent offenses. The law may change in the future. Please reach out to Kansas Legal Services with any questions you may have.

Thank you, please proceed to the next section to begin filling out your draft expungement request.

Thank you. Please continue to the next page where we will ask you to provide additional information about your case.

Currently this tool is only able to support entering a maximum of eight charges. If you were charged with additional crimes, please edit the Petition for Expungement and Order of Expungement that will be sent to you at the conclusion of this process to add additional char