How do I expunge my criminal record in Dc

You can expunge or seal most misdemeanor criminal records in the District of Columbia.   There is a difference between sealing and expunging criminal records in the District of Columbia.  In the District of Columbia only misrepresentation of age offense and minor possession drug drugs can be expunged pursuant to D.C. Code § 48-904.01(e)(1)   . All other criminal cases in the District of Columbia, you may request to have the criminal record sealed pursuant DC Code: § 16-801.  

While most misdemeanors may be sealed in the District of Columbia, here is a list of ineligible misdemeanors in the District of Columbia.

According to DC Code D.C. Code § 48-904.01(e)(1), if a person is placed on probation for a drug offense the person

“may apply to the court for an order to expunge from all official records (other than the nonpublic records to be retained under paragraph (1) of this subsection) all recordation relating to his or her arrest, indictment or information, trial, finding of guilty, and dismissal and discharge pursuant to this subsection. If the court determines, after hearing, that such person was dismissed and the proceedings against him or her discharged, it shall enter such order. The effect of such order shall be to restore such person, in the contemplation of this law, to the status he or she occupied before such arrest or indictment or information. No person as to whom such order has been entered shall be held thereafter under any provision of any law to be guilty of perjury or otherwise giving a false statement by reason of failure to recite or acknowledge such arrest, or indictment, or trial in response to any inquiry made of him or her for any purpose”