Path to Expungement in 2021
On Nov. 3, 2020, voters in Arizona passed Proposition 207, also known as the Smart and Safe Act. This new law legalizes the adult recreational use of marijuana and opens a legal path for you to file a petition to expunge your criminal records related to marijuana offenses.
Free legal assistance!
Our Coalition of Attorneys and Advocacy professionals are tasked by the State to provide you legal aid and education about eligible expungement. Register today for one of the FREE legal aid clinics we’ve scheduled around the state. We look forward to meeting with you.
Meet the Coalition Tasked with Erasing Your Criminal History
The Arizona Marijuana Expungement Coalition has been granted funds by the State of Arizona to provide FREE legal services to those seeking a marijuana related expungement. Our free legal clinics will begin in September. Please check back in August for a calendar of free events happening across the state.
Freed from the weight of your criminal record, expungement lets you:
- Tell employers you’re not convicted of a crime.
- Become eligible for some professional licenses.
- Apply for a change in immigration status more confidently.
- Tell friends and family that you’re not convicted of a crime.
- Feel free of fear and embarrassment when you’re subjected to a background check.
Partner Profile – Lindsay Herf
Lindsay and the Reclaim Your Future campaign began working to provide expungement services shortly after the 2020 passage of Prop 207, which legalized the adult recreational use of marijuana in Arizona and created a legal pathway for potentially hundreds of thousands of people to expunge their past marijuana-related arrests and/or convictions.
ADVOCATES, CITY OFFICIALS TO ANNOUNCE PROGRESS ON EFFORTS TO EXPUNGE THOUSANDS OF MARIJUANA-RELATED RECORDS IN TUCSON
On Thursday, April 18, Vice Mayor Kevin Dahl will join the Tucson City Prosecutor’s Office and the Reclaim Your Future campaign at El Presidio Plaza to announce the exciting progress made to expunge thousands of marijuana-related records in Tucson in a joint news conference ahead of the annual 420 international cannabis holiday.
Partner Profile – Andy Silverman
Andy Silverman is the Joseph M. Livermore Professor of Law Emeritus at the James E. Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona in Tucson. He also serves as the director of the UArizona Civil Rights Restoration Clinic (CRRC), a Reclaim Your Future coalition partner, which he and former Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild founded in 2006.
Partner Profile – Josh Eisenstein
Josh Eisenstein leads the marijuana expungement and rights restoration team at Community Legal Services (CLS) in Phoenix, a partner organization of the Reclaim Your Future campaign. And as a vital coalition partner, Josh is on a mission of empowerment and second chances.