Prepare Paperwork

• 1). Prepare expungement form AOC-CR-237. Check the appropriate box indicating the applicable statute (court records will indicate state conviction violated.) Complete the form and sign where indicated.
  
  
• 2). Visit the county clerks office in the jurisdiction where the offense occurred and present the applicable petition and AOC-CR-237 to the clerk with request for judge to sign, and sign the portion indicating service (delivery) of paperwork. Ask the clerk to forward the form to the State Bureau of Investigations (SBI). Keep a copies of the forms for your personal records.
  
  
• 3). Visit the district attorney's office and deliver copies of the paperwork.
  
  
• 4). Wait for court judgment. The North Carolina SBI checks the criminal history of received paperwork and forwards it to the court. An officer of the court makes sure an expungement has not already been granted, then forwards the paperwork to the presiding judge. The judge next reviews information provided by SBI and the court and either grants or denies an expungement.