{"id":1370,"date":"2021-08-30T15:53:10","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T19:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/?p=1370"},"modified":"2025-01-08T14:38:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T18:38:56","slug":"can-a-dui-be-expunged-in-michigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/can-a-dui-be-expunged-in-michigan\/","title":{"rendered":"Can a MI DUI Be Expunged? New Law for First OWI Convictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/difference-between-dui-and-owi-in-michigan-law\/\">DUI Michigan<\/a> can be expunged (set aside). If your DUI case is not expunged, it will stay on your criminal record for life. This is true of all DUI convictions, and this means your prior criminal history can be seen by potential employers. For many people, this is one of the most serious DUI penalties. Once your record is expunged, your past DUI charges will be removed from many public records.<\/p>\n<p>Stipulations do exist when looking at getting your drunk driving conviction removed from your criminal record:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can only have one OWI expunged in your lifetime<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/can-a-dui-be-expunged-in-michigan\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Can a MI DUI Be Expunged? New Law for First OWI Convictions\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, a DUI Michigan can be expunged (set aside). If your DUI case is not expunged, it will stay on your criminal record for life. This is true of all DUI convictions, and this means your prior criminal history can be seen by potential employers. For many people, this is one of the most serious [&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-1370","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>Can a MI DUI Be Expunged? New Law for First OWI Convictions &#8212; Michigan Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog &#8212; August 30, 2021<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Yes, a DUI Michigan can be expunged (set aside). If your DUI case is not expunged, it will stay on your criminal record for life. 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