Certificate of Rehabilitation & Pardons

Having a criminal record can unduly restrict your freedom forever unless you initiate certain legal actions to regain your rights.  Long after the completion of a criminal sentence, one's goals and opportunities may continue to be thwarted by registration requirements imposed upon sex offenders, residual social stigma, the prohibition against possessing any firearms, etc.  In some cases, these seemingly permanent restrictions can be minimized, or even eliminated, through one or both of the following legal mechanisms: 

1) A court-ordered Certificate of Rehabilitation, and/or
2) A Governor's pardon.

During his 17 years of practicing criminal defense law, Seth P. Chazin has helped many of  his clients by filing these applications on their behalf and he has to date had virtually 100% success in obtaining Certificates of Rehabilitation for his clients.  Not all convictions are eligible for these remedies.  Call NOW to find out if your case qualifies?

Call 800.499.9902 for a free consultation.

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS & PROTECT YOUR FREEDOM!!

DID YOU KNOW? In some cases, a Certificate of Rehabilitation or a pardon may relieve specified sex offenders of further duty to register.

DID YOU KNOW? The granting of a Certificate of Rehabilitation or a pardon restores to the applicant some of the rights of citizenship that were forfeited as a result of a felony conviction?

DID YOU KNOW? Two of the most common reasons people apply for pardons is to restore firearms rights and to enhance employment opportunities.

DID YOU KNOW? The granting of a Certificate of Rehabilitation or a pardon is reported to the FBI and the California Department of Justice and they are required to update their records accordingly.

DID YOU KNOW? If you have not obtained a pardon restoring your firearms rights and you have access to any firearm, you are in violation of the law (even if the firearm is legally registered to someone else).

DID YOU KNOW? The 10-year waiting requirement for pardons may be waived if an earlier, specific need is demonstrated.

A client with multiple priors, including convictions for sex offenses, obtained several expungements and subsequently was granted a Certificate of Rehabilitation for the sex crime charges, thereby legally relieving him from having to register as a sex offender.

Many expungements have been recently obtained in behalf of various clients in several counties including Contra Costa County, Alameda County, Lake County and others.  Furthermore, several Certificates of Rehabilitation in sex crimes cases have been obtained in various counties including Contra Costa County, San Joaquin County, Lake County and San Diego County.  These cases involved  convictions for various sex offenses including Sexual Battery, Indecent Exposure and Assault with Intent to Commit Rape.  Some of these clients were able to eliminate their obligation to register as a sex offender.