Proceso de Limpiar Antecedentes Criminales en Carolina del Sur

Explicación Simple

Si alguien tiene un problema legal en su pasado, puede pedir que lo borren. Pero hay un proceso y hay que pagar algunas tarifas para hacerlo.

Es como limpiar una mancha en una camisa. Tienes que seguir ciertos pasos y a veces pagar por los productos que necesitas para que quede limpia.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina a Juan, quien fue arrestado por un delito menor hace años. Ahora que ha cambiado su vida, quiere eliminar ese cargo de su registro. Juan debe presentar una solicitud y pagar las tarifas correspondientes. Si todo sale bien, podrá limpiar su récord y seguir adelante.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

then SLED. (3) Neither SLED, the Department of Juvenile Justice, nor any other official shall allow the applicant to take possession of the application for expungement during the expungement process. (F) The applicant also is responsible to the clerk of court for the filing fee per individual order as required by Section 8-21-310(C)(4), which must be forwarded to the clerk of court by the solicitor or his designee and deposited in the county general fund. If the charge is determined to be statutorily ineligible for expungement, this prepaid clerk of court filing fee must be refunded to the applicant by the solicitor or his designee. (G) Each expungement order may contain only one charge sought to be expunged, except in those circumstances when expungement is sought for multiple charges occurring out of a single incident and subject to expungement pursuant to Section 17-1-40 or 17-22-150(a). Only in those circumstances may more than one charge be included on a single application for expungement and, when applicable, only one two hundred fifty-dollar fee, one twenty-five dollar SLED verification fee, and one thirty-five dollar clerk of court filing fee may be charged. (H) A filing fee may not be charged by the clerk's office to an applicant seeking the expungement of a criminal record pursuant to Section 17-1-40, when the charge was discharged, dismissed, nolle prossed, or the applicant was acquitted. (I) Nothing in this article precludes an applicant from retaining counsel to apply to the solicitor's office on his behalf or precludes retained counsel from initiating an action in circuit court seeking a judicial determination of eligibility when the solicitor, in his discretion, does not consent to the expungement. In either event, retained counsel is responsible to the s