If you successfully complete Deferred Adjudication probation, your criminal history will still show that you were charged with the offense and received Deferred Adjudication probation (even though you have not been convicted). Many employers and even landlords can easily access your criminal history, and often will deny you a job or the ability to rent housing upon seeing this information on your criminal history.
Section 411.081 of the Texas Government Code permits the information about your arrest and being placed on Deferred Adjudication to be nondisclosed or sealed. With non-disclosure, only law enforcement agencies will have access to this information.
Alexander M. Gurevich recommends to petition for a nondisclosure (sealing) of the information regarding your Deferred Adjudication probation, whenever the law permits. Unfortunately, the laws on this subject are complex and confusing.
To determine whether you are eligible for non-disclosure, contact us at (713) 224-9600 or email us by clicking here for a free confidential consultation.
For information on expunction or completely removing information from your criminal history, click here.
