When you have a DUI on your record, you have to keep some things in mind when it comes to getting it all worked out how you want it to be. If you are in a position where you want to get rid of it, you need to make sure that you’re doing everything possible to understand what that may entail, both now and into the future. Here are 5 things that you want to think about.
- It Won’t Help With Your Insurance Rates. If you go to expunge a DUI conviction, it still exists on your driving history, which means that your car insurance is not going to go down at all as a result of going through with this.
- If You Get another DUI on Your Record, It May Not Have Compounded Penalties. Depending on how long ago it was, you may not get the penalties associated with a 2nd (3rd, 4th, etc) conviction.
- Your Lawyer Will Have to Go Through a Process to Get it Expunged. There is a lot of paperwork and some hoops you may have to jump through to make this work, but your lawyer can help you to figure things out and give you help in that regard.
- You Still Have to Disclose the Conviction and Expungement For Licensure and Employment Related Purposes. So, future employment may still face some issues. Talk to your lawyer to see what your options are in that regard.
- You Can Move Forward With Your Life. There is no more public record related to your DUI after an expungement, so you get to move forward with whatever you’re looking for and you don’t have to worry about it coming up in your private life unless you decide to share that info.
