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All of the other content on Michigan Legal Help is still available. If you have any trouble finding what you need and you are not sure if it is included in this outage, you can use LiveHelp to chat with us. For blank court forms, use this link to the Michigan Courts forms(link is external) page. Thank you for your patience. Our partner organization is doing everything they can to restore access to these tools.

Have you faced eviction or debt collection in Michigan and got a default judgment? (This means you missed court and the judge decided the case without you.)

Were you evicted by the sheriff and never went to court?

Have you had money taken from your paycheck, bank account, or tax refund for an unpaid debt?

We want to hear about your experience to try to make the process more fair. Get a $20 gift card for a 30-minute interview. Your personal details will stay private in our reports.

Click the link below to fill out the interest form.

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Expunging (Setting Aside) Adult Criminal Convictions

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Learn about setting aside an adult criminal conviction from the past.
 

Articles

An Overview of Michigan’s Expungement Laws

Setting aside a conviction is the process that clears your public criminal record. This is sometimes called an “expungement.” This article gives an overview of the laws that apply to setting aside an adult conviction.
Fixing Mistakes on Your Criminal Record

Read this article to learn how to fix mistakes on your criminal record.

Instructions

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Forms

Do-It-Yourself Expungement (Adult Conviction)

Use this tool to fill out the forms to ask a court to set aside an adult criminal conviction. A conviction that is set aside cannot be seen by the public. You will go to the LawHelp Interactive website to do this. After you answer the questions, your finished forms will be ready for you to print.

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