Step 1: Anytime you are involved in a police incident, arrested, or appeared in court, but not convicted, a record is kept at a local level. This record can appear in a variety of common background checks such as ones used by employers. |
Step 2: The only way to remove a non-conviction record in Canada, is to petition the Police for a record purge and file destruction. |
Step 3: Realizing that the record purge and file destruction process is time-consuming and complicated, you hire the criminal record experts at Express Pardons to complete the process for you. |
Step 4: Express Pardons is an RCMP accredited agency. This allows them to utilize their direct digital access to obtain your certified criminal record faster. |
Step 5: As there was no conviction, it is unlikely that a criminal record will be found. Express Pardons will determine the location of your police record, and petition that police department for a record purge and file destruction. |
Step 6: The Police will evaluate your record purge and file destruction petition. |
Step 7: Express Pardons represents you to the police to ensure the best chance of a successful record purge application. |
Step 8: Once all records have been destroyed, Express Pardons sends you a Record Purge Certificate. |
After a police incident, arrest, or court appearance that does not result in a criminal conviction, a non-conviction record will be attached to your name. You can read more about how a non-conviction record is created here.
To remove a non-conviction record, you have to take action. The records destruction process is as follows:
- A FREE record purge consultation with a records destruction expert at Express Pardons determines your eligibility.
- If you’re eligible, applying to have your records removed online or by phone takes only 5 minutes.
- A record purge expert is immediately assigned to your case to ensure your records destroyed.
- The Express Pardons record purge expert prepares a strategy to have your records destroyed.
- Express Pardons prepares the required legal documents for your signature.
- All required documents are formulated specifically for your case and only require a signature and date.
- Express Pardons petitions both federal and local police files to have your records removed.
The Express Advantage ™
- Express Pardons is an RCMP accredited agency with contacts in virtually every Police and Court office across Canada.
- Accelerated communications and requests required to have your records destroyed.
- An in-depth knowledge of the thousands of Police internal processes, which we leverage to ensure the highest chance of success to have your records destroyed.
- Custom database technology monitors the progress of your record purge and notifies or team of any delays or case problems, labeling them for immediate action.
What Do You Need To Do To Have Your Records Removed?
- Apply for a record purge with Express Pardons
- Provide a photocopy of two pieces of identification.
- Obtain a set of fingerprints for the purpose of a pardon. (Our team will provide the guidance on when and where to go to have these done).
That’s it! Express Pardons takes care of the rest!
Fingerprints are required to obtain a certified criminal record from the Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC), for submission with your purge petition. After a record purge specialist has reviewed succesful case history for purges at the relevant police board(s), the Express Pardons team builds a petition to the relevant police board(s). In rare cases, additional documentation is required in support of a record destruction application, in which case you will be contacted accordingly.
Express Pardons petitions to have your records removed, include two components; one to affect the recall and destruction of your Federal Identification file (including fingerprints and photographs), and one to affect the closure of your local police file.
Should our investigations reveal the existence of a court record, Express Pardons may also make a submission to the Provincial court to have a court record closed to the public.
“Do I Get Some Form Of Record Purge Confirmation?”
Yes, Express Pardons will forward you an acknowledgment that our petition has been accepted, and then the confirmation that the purge and records destruction has been completed. In some instances, a record purge ceremony can be held, and you may witness the records destroyed.
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