Hundreds of thousands of people who are eligible to clear their criminal records of minor marijuana offenses can begin asking the courts to seal those documents next month thanks to Proposition 207, which voters passed last year.
The process is free.
Proposition 207 legalized the possession and use of marijuana by adults in the state and set up a licensing system for dispensaries to sell it. Because many of the things formerly against the law are now legal, the ballot measure also allowed people previously accused or convicted of crimes that are no longer against the law to amend their records.
Not everyone with a marijuana crime can have it erased. The new law allows expungements for people arrested, charged, convicted or acquitted of the following offenses:
- Possessing, consuming, or transporting two and a half ounces or less of marijuana, of which not more than 12.5 grams was in the form of marijuana concentrate.
- Possessing, transporting, cultivating, or processing not more than six marijuana plants at home for personal use.
- Possessing, using, or transporting marijuana paraphernalia.
The expungement forms and instructions from the courts are available online at azcourts.gov/prop207 and can be filed starting July 12.
Arizona Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert Brutinel issued an order to lower courts on May 26 to comply with the law as passed by Proposition 207.
Surge of applications expected
Julie Gunnigle, director of politics and civic engagement with Arizona NORML, a marijuana…
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Hundreds of thousands of people who are eligible to clear their criminal records of minor marijuana offenses can begin asking the courts to seal those documents next month thanks to Proposition 207, which voters passed last year.
The process is free.
Proposition 207 legalized the possession and use of marijuana by adults in the state and set up a licensing system for dispensaries to sell it. Because many of the things formerly against the law are now legal, the ballot measure also allowed people previously accused or convicted of crimes that are no longer against the law to amend their records.
Not everyone with a marijuana crime can have it erased. The new law allows expungements for people arrested, charged, convicted or acquitted of the following offenses:
- Possessing, consuming, or transporting two and a half ounces or less of marijuana, of which not more than 12.5 grams was in the form of marijuana concentrate.
- Possessing, transporting, cultivating, or processing not more than six marijuana plants at home for personal use.
- Possessing, using, or transporting marijuana paraphernalia.
The expungement forms and instructions from the courts are available online at azcourts.gov/prop207 and can be filed starting July 12.
Arizona Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert Brutinel issued an order to lower courts on May 26 to comply with the law as passed by Proposition 207.
Surge of applications expected
Julie Gunnigle, director of politics and civic engagement with Arizona NORML, a marijuana…