This Law Firm Publication by Jackson Lewis P.C. discusses Ala. Code Secs. 15-27-1 to 15-27-19, a new law in Alabama allowing expungement of certain criminal records. Under the new law, an individual charged with a misdemeanor criminal offense or a nonviolent felony offense may petition the circuit court in the location where the charge was filed for the records relating to the charge to be expunged. The individual must also pay $300 in fees, plus court costs. The charge must have been dismissed with prejudice, "no billed" by a grand jury or the individual must have been found not guilty. For a charge dismissed without prejudice, an individual may seek expungement after a prescribed period of time if the charge has not been refiled, and if the individual has not been convicted of any other felony or misdemeanor. The new law became effective July 6, 2014.