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title: Petition for Record Sealing Form Template | Paperform
description: Professional petition form for criminal record sealing requests. Includes eligibility screening, waiting period verification, and no pending charges certification. Court-ready and customizable.
url: "https://paperform.co/templates/petition-for-record-sealing"
type: static
generatedAt: "2026-03-28T00:44:47.627Z"
---

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### Seal Your Criminal Record with a Professional Petition Form

If you're looking to move forward from past criminal convictions and regain opportunities for employment, housing, and education, sealing your criminal record can be a critical step. This **Petition for Record Sealing** template from Paperform provides a complete, court-ready solution for submitting your expungement or record sealing request.

#### Why use Paperform for record sealing petitions?

Whether you're a legal aid organization, public defender's office, court clerk, or private attorney, Paperform's intelligent form builder makes it easy to collect accurate petitions while ensuring applicants meet eligibility requirements before submission. Instead of managing paper forms or static PDFs, you can create a dynamic, conditional form that guides petitioners through complex legal requirements and automatically validates their eligibility.

This template includes built-in eligibility screening questions, waiting period calculations, and certification statements that help reduce rejected petitions and court processing time. With Paperform's conditional logic, you can show or hide specific sections based on conviction type, offense class, or jurisdiction—ensuring petitioners only see relevant questions.

#### Key features for legal professionals and self-represented litigants

 - **Eligibility screening** with conditional logic that routes applicants based on offense type, conviction date, and completion of sentence requirements
 - **Automated waiting period verification** to confirm the required time has elapsed since conviction, sentence completion, or probation discharge
 - **No pending charges certification** with clear legal language and electronic signature capture
 - **Case information collection** including court name, case number, conviction details, and disposition dates
 - **Supporting documentation upload** for court orders, certificates of completion, and proof of rehabilitation
 - **Payment processing** for filing fees (if applicable) directly through Stripe, PayPal, or Square
 - **Custom success pages** with next steps, expected processing times, and what to expect from the court

#### Streamline court administration with workflow automation

For courts and legal organizations processing high volumes of record sealing petitions, Paperform's integration with **Stepper** (stepper.io) can transform your intake workflow. Automatically route completed petitions to the appropriate court clerk, send confirmation emails to petitioners, flag applications that need additional review, and update your case management system—all without manual data entry.

Connect your form to Google Sheets or Airtable for petition tracking, send Slack notifications when new petitions arrive, or trigger document generation in **Papersign** (papersign.com) to create court-ready petition documents with eSignature fields for judges and petitioners. This end-to-end automation helps legal aid organizations and public defender offices serve more clients with the same resources.

#### Professional, accessible design that builds trust

Record sealing petitions often come at a vulnerable time for applicants. Paperform's document-style editor lets you create forms that feel clear, dignified, and accessible—not intimidating or bureaucratic. Add explanatory text, embed helpful videos explaining the process, use plain-language descriptions of legal requirements, and apply your organization's branding to build confidence.

The form automatically adapts to mobile devices, making it easy for petitioners to complete applications on any device, and Paperform's calculation engine can handle complex eligibility formulas based on multiple factors (offense class, years since conviction, prior record, etc.).

#### Who benefits from this template?

This Petition for Record Sealing template is designed for:

 - **Legal aid organizations** helping clients clear their records for better employment opportunities
 - **Public defender offices** providing post-conviction services
 - **Court clerks** modernizing petition intake and reducing processing errors
 - **Private attorneys** streamlining expungement and sealing practice areas
 - **Self-help legal centers** offering guided assistance for self-represented litigants
 - **Reentry programs** supporting formerly incarcerated individuals in rebuilding their lives

#### SOC 2 compliance and secure data handling

Record sealing petitions contain sensitive criminal history information. Paperform is **SOC 2 Type II compliant**, ensuring petitioner data is encrypted, securely stored, and handled according to industry best practices. You can set data retention policies, export submissions for court filing, and control access with role-based permissions.

For courts and agencies with specific data residency requirements, Paperform offers data residency controls and can integrate with your existing secure systems via webhooks or API.

#### Get started in minutes, not weeks

Unlike custom legal software that takes months to implement, you can customize this template and start accepting petitions today. Adjust eligibility questions to match your jurisdiction's requirements, modify the workflow for your court's specific process, and embed the form on your website or share it as a standalone link.

With over 30,000 templates and trusted by 500K+ teams worldwide, Paperform makes it simple to digitize government and legal processes without the need for developers or expensive legal tech vendors. Start helping more people seal their records and access second chances with a professional, conversion-optimized petition form built on Paperform.
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