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  • 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.

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

  • The following set of questions will ask you about the criminal record you are looking to expunge. If you do not have this information already, you can look up your criminal record by registering for a (free) Kansas District Court Public Access Portal account. This will allow you to look up your criminal record through the Kansas courts. If your record is in Johnson County, you can look up your record here.

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  • Please list the crimes you were arrested for. 

  • 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

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  • Please note that you may have to pay any outstanding court fees before the court agrees to grant your expungement request. 

  • Based on the information provided, we believe that you may not have met the wait period requirements to become eligible for expungement. Most misdemeanors are eligible for expungement three years after the date you completed your sentence or diversion agreement, and most felonies are eligible after five years.

    You may still continue through this tool to complete the last section and receive your forms, but we recommend you consult with an attorney to verify your eligibility before submitting your forms to the courts. 

  • At this time, we are not able to determine whether you may be eligible for expungement.

    Individuals are only eligible for expungement if a certain amount of time has passed since they completed their prison sentence, completed the terms of a diversion agreement, or were discharged from probation, a community correctional services program, parole, postrelease supervision, conditional release or a suspended sentence. This wait period varies depending on the specific crime that was committed, and in some cases may change depending on what year the crime occurred. This wait period is 3 years for most misdemeanors and 5 years for most felonies, though there are exceptions in both cases. 

    Without more complete information about your date of arrest and/or the date on which you completed the terms of your sentence or diversion agreement, we are unable to determine whether you have met this requirement.

    You may still choose to proceed through the rest of this tool and receive your expungement request forms. However, before submitting your documents to the court we advise you to consult with an attorney or return to this tool once you have more information in order to determine whether your application may be eligible for consideration.

  • Thank you, you may proceed to the next section.

  • In order to process your expungement request, the Kansas court system will require you to pay a $195 filing fee when you submit your forms. If you are unable to pay this fee, you can apply to have it removed by submitting an additional form detailing your current financial situation. The following questions will gather the necessary information for this form, and provide you with a completed version of the fee waiver to submit to the courts.

    In addition, providing the following financial information may allow you to qualify for free or low-cost legal assistance from Kansas Legal Services (KLS) if you require further assistance in preparing or submitting your application.

    Providing this information is not necessary for requesting expungement, only for applying to remove the filing fee and applying for KLS assistance. If you do not want to provide any financial information, you can indicate that below and simply receive your expungement forms.

  • Thank you, please click next to continue.

  • Sedgwick County requires a limited amount of information regarding your employment situation in order to process your expungement application. Please fill out the following questions, and then continue to receive your final forms. 

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  • Please list information about your past two jobs (if applicable):

  • Please list your household's approximate MONTHLY income from the following sources:

  • Please list your approximate MONTHLY expenses from the following sources:

  • Please list the approximate value of the following assets you own:

  • Please list the approximate value of the following liabilities you are responsible for:

  • Thank you, please click next to continue.

  • Thank you for completing the process. By clicking "Submit," you are confirming that the information you provided is true to the best of your knowledge. 

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