{"id":1353,"date":"2023-01-01T17:18:14","date_gmt":"2023-01-01T21:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/?p=1353"},"modified":"2025-04-21T21:41:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T01:41:48","slug":"how-to-get-a-dui-expunged-in-michigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/how-to-get-a-dui-expunged-in-michigan\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get a DUI Expunged in Michigan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Even a single Michigan DUI conviction can cause great hardship. It creates a permanent public record. This can impact employment, insurance, sense of well-being, and many other things. If you want to have your DUI conviction in Michigan expunged, we have good news because expungement of drunk driving convictions has never been allowed in Michigan until recently.<\/p>\n<p>Until recently, Michigan law prohibited anyone from expunging a drunk driving conviction\u2014no matter how long ago it occurred or how clean their record had been since. That meant even a single lapse in judgment could follow you forever. Thankfully, the law has changed. As of 2021, individuals with a first offense OWI or similar drunk driving conviction now have a path to clear their record. If you\u2019ve been living with the weight of a DUI on your criminal record, now may be the first real chance to remove it. But because this opportunity is limited and comes with strict requirements, it\u2019s important to approach it with care\u2014and ideally, with legal guidance from someone who understands the process.<\/p>\n<p>The DUI expungement process is complex, and we recommend that you hire a lawyer to help you. Many of the steps required are covered in another article we wrote entitled, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/can-a-dui-be-expunged-in-michigan\/\">Can a Michigan DUI Be Expunged<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/how-to-get-a-dui-expunged-in-michigan\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading How to Get a DUI Expunged in Michigan\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even a single Michigan DUI conviction can cause great hardship. It creates a permanent public record. This can impact employment, insurance, sense of well-being, and many other things. If you want to have your DUI conviction in Michigan expunged, we have good news because expungement of drunk driving convictions has never been allowed in Michigan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,12,27,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dui","category-dui-record-removal","category-owi","category-traffic-violation"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Get a DUI Expunged in Michigan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Getting a Michigan OWI expunged is not easy but the criminal defense lawyers at Barone Defense Firm can help. 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