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Expungement and Criminal Records

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Fact Sheets

Criminal Records
Public vs. Private Information: Criminal Records
Criminal Expungement in Minnesota: A Step-by-Step Guide for Pro Se Petitioners
Your Job: Background Checks, Medical and Drug Tests and More
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Other Resources

Do-It-Yourself Forms

Court Fee Waiver (IFP) - Do it Yourself
Welcome! This free program helps you create the forms to ask the court for a Fee Waiver. These forms are also called an In Forma Pauperis, or IFP. The program works by asking you…
Source: Education for Justice

Helpful Websites

Criminal Expungement - Information & Forms
Author: Minnesota Courts

Information about what types of cases qualify for expungement and the forms to use to ask for an expungement. 

Go to the website: Criminal Expungement - Minnesota Courts
Reentry Resources
Author: Department of Health and Human Services

 A consolidated location for available reentry resources for returning citizens and their families to help people leaving the criminal justice system.

Go to the website: Reentry Resources
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