Most Indiana misdemeanors and Level 6 / Class D felonies can be expunged. Find out if yours qualifies in five minutes — then choose how much help you want.
The Indiana Second Chance Law (IC 35-38-9) was written specifically to give people with old, completed cases a path forward — without requiring a hearing, a trial, or in most cases, even a courtroom appearance.
Most misdemeanors become eligible five years after sentence completion. Most Class D and Level 6 felonies become eligible five to eight years after, depending on whether they were reduced to a misdemeanor. The waiting period runs automatically while you live your life. You don't apply for it; you simply qualify when enough time has passed.
What stops most people from filing isn't the law — it's not knowing whether they qualify, what to file, or what it costs. That's the gap we close.
Start with the eligibility check. If you qualify, upgrade only if you want help. Each tier builds on the one before it.
A clear answer in minutes — based on Indiana statutes, not guesswork.
Filing-ready petition documents, generated by you, filed pro se by you.
We do the paperwork, file it, walk you through it. You handle any hearing yourself.
Answer 10–15 minutes of questions about your case. Multiple charges and multiple cases supported. Plain English with help text on every legal term.
The software analyzes your information against IC 35-38-9 and produces a written eligibility report immediately. Per-charge breakdowns, statutory citations, earliest filing dates, the works. No waiting.
Stop here, generate your own filing-ready documents, or have us prepare and file everything. Upgrade at any time — the tier you've already paid for is credited.
An Indiana expungement seals or restricts access to records, depending on the statutory section. For most misdemeanors and felonies reduced to a misdemeanor (IC 35-38-9-2 and -3), records are sealed and treated as if they never happened for most purposes. For unreduced felonies (IC 35-38-9-4), records are marked expunged but remain accessible to certain parties. Our eligibility report explains exactly what happens for your specific situation.
Under IC 35-38-9-9(i), Indiana generally allows only one expungement petition per lifetime — but with two important nuances. First, the rule applies only to conviction expungements (Sections 2-5), not to non-conviction expungements (Section 1, for arrests and dismissals). Second, petitions filed in different counties within 365 days of each other count as a single petition. So if you have convictions in three counties, you can file all three within a year and they count as one lifetime filing. Our interview walks through this rule when it might apply to you.
The interview has built-in handling for uncertainty. When you answer "I'm not sure" to a key question, the report shows you both branches: "if X, then this is your eligibility; if Y, then this is your eligibility — and here's exactly how to verify which is true." You don't have to know everything before you start.
In most cases, no. Indiana law (IC 35-38-9-5(b)) permanently bars expungement of sex offenses requiring registration, certain violent felonies, and felony official misconduct. The interview asks about these and produces a clear "categorically excluded" determination if they apply. We won't sell you a service for a case that legally cannot be expunged.
Tier 1 eligibility report: instant — available the moment you complete the interview and pay. Tier 2 documents: also generated instantly after payment. Tier 3 (we file everything): petition typically filed within 7–14 days of the Zoom consultation. Indiana courts then take anywhere from a few weeks (rulings on the papers) to several months (if a hearing is set or the prosecutor objects).
Hearings are not scalable in a productized service. They require travel, calendar coordination, and case-specific preparation that doesn't fit into a fixed-price product. Most expungement petitions for misdemeanors and felonies reduced to a misdemeanor are decided on the papers without a hearing. If a hearing is set on your case, you have three options: appear yourself with the documents we prepared, hire a different attorney for the hearing, or withdraw and refile later. We disclose this clearly before you pay.
If your petition is denied, you generally cannot file again for the same convictions because of the one-shot rule (IC 35-38-9-9). Limited exceptions exist for denials "without prejudice" and certain refilings under subsections (j) and (k). If you're denied and want to explore options, that's full attorney representation, which is outside the scope of our productized service.
Yes. Indiana courts charge $156–$166 per petition. This goes to the court, not us. You'll pay it when filing (Tiers 1 and 2) or we'll add it to your invoice (Tier 3). Our fees ($99, $399, $1,299) cover our work; the filing fee is separate and goes to the court.
Both. ConvictionRemoval.com is a service of Spindler Law, a real Indiana law firm operated by Jason M. Spindler (Indiana Attorney No. 25393-26). Tiers 1 and 2 are software products — an attorney designed them, but the software runs without ongoing attorney involvement. Tier 3 is the only attorney service, governed by Indiana Rules of Professional Conduct. We're transparent about which is which, and we don't pretend an attorney is reviewing your case unless one actually is.