On April 26, 2018, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallon signed into law SB 650, making felony offenders eligible for expungement (sealing) for the first time without requiring that they first be pardoned.??Effective November 1, 2018, a person may apply to the court for expungement of a single nonviolent felony conviction five years after completion of their sentence, if the person has not been convicted of any other felony or separate misdemeanor in the past seven years, and if no felony or misdemeanor charges are pending. Okla. Stat. Ann. ? 18(A)(12).? This 2018 change to the law reduces the waiting period from ten years to five; deletes a requirement that the person have no prior felonies, or any separate misdemeanor in the past fifteen years; and omits a requirement that the person first be pardoned.? Oklahoma?s additional provisions for expungement of misdemeanor convictions, non-conviction records, and pardoned felonies may be further explained by any Oklahoma attorney that includes expungements as a part of their practice.
Links to the Oklahoma Statutes dealing with expungement of criminal records: