Expungement Day Guidelines
In order to attend this event, you must apply for services first. If you are eligible for services, you will be contacted with a designated time slot for the day of the event. If you are ineligible for services, you will be contacted with information on next steps. This event only applies to offenses that occurred in Ouachita Parish. At this time, we are accepting online applications. Phone calls or walk-ins are not available to discuss your inquiry. If you need a hard copy application, you may pick one up at 3016 Cameron St., Monroe, La 71201 at the glass window in the lobby. If you cannot submit your application online, you may drop off your completed application at 3016 Cameron St., Monroe, La 71201 at the glass window in the lobby.
Frequently Asked Questions
You can apply for this event if the offenses occurred in Ouachita Parish. Apply online here. If you do not want to apply online, you may visit our office to pick up your hard copy application. You can upload your application online or drop off completed hard copy application to our office.
Office Location for Applications:
Acadiana Legal Service Corporation, 3016 Cameron St., Monroe, LA 71201
Offenses not eligible for expungements:
For purposes of this event, convictions of the following offenses are not eligible for expungements. You may still be eligible for an expungement, but you will have to contact a private attorney for advice and assistance.
WHAT CANNOT BE EXPUNGED AT THIS EVENT
- Arrests and/or convictions not from Ouachita Parish (in other words, no federal charges, no charges from other parishes or other states)
- Juvenile arrests and adjudications
- Misdemeanor or Felony arrests or convictions that are
- Sex offenses;
- Crimes where the victim is a minor;
- Domestic abuse battery;
- Stalking; or
- Crimes where the victim suffers serious bodily harm or death.
- Convictions of Distribution of CDS (but a charge of Possession with Intent to Distribute can be expunged)
- Convictions for the commissions or attempted commission of crimes of violence – § 14:2
- Aggravated arson
- Aggravated crime against nature
- Aggravated criminal damage to property*
- Aggravated flight from an officer
- Assault (including)
- Aggravated assault
- Aggravated assault upon a dating partner
- Aggravated assault upon a peace officer
- Aggravated assault with a firearm
- Assault by drive-by shooting
- Domestic abuse aggravated assault
- Battery (including)
- Aggravated battery*
- Aggravated second degree battery
- Battery of a police officer
- Battery of emergency room personnel, emergency services personnel, or a healthcare professional.
- Second degree battery*
- Battery of a dating partner (including)
- By burning that results in serious bodily injury
- By strangulation
- By the intentional infliction of serious bodily injury
- By the intentional use of force or violence committed with a dangerous weapon
- By the intentional use of force or violence committed with a dangerous weapon and the offender intentionally inflicts serious bodily injury
- Burglary (including)
- Aggravated burglary
- Simple burglary of an inhabited dwelling when a person is present in the dwelling, house, apartment, or other structure.
- Carjacking
- Criminal abortion (including)
- Criminal abortion
- Aggravated abortion by dismemberment
- Disarming of a peace officer
- Distribution of Drugs (normally not expungeable but these are also considered crimes of violence) (including)
- Distribution of fentanyl or carfentanil that is the direct cause of serious bodily injury
- Distribution of heroin that is the direct cause of serious bodily injury
- Domestic Abuse Battery (including)
- By burning that results in serious bodily injury
- By strangulation
- By the intentional infliction of serious bodily injury
- By the intentional use of force or violence committed with a dangerous weapon
- By the intentional use of force or violence committed with a dangerous weapon and the offender intentionally inflicts serious bodily injury
- False imprisonment; offender armed with dangerous weapon
- Feticide (including)
- First degree feticide
- Second degree feticide
- Third degree feticide
- Home invasion
- Human trafficking
- Illegal Use of Weapons or Dangerous Instrumentalities*
- Intentional exposure to AIDS virus
- Kidnapping (including)
- Aggravated kidnapping of a child
- Aggravated kidnapping
- Second degree kidnapping
- Simple kidnapping
- Manslaughter
- Molestation of a juvenile or a person with a physical or mental disability
- Murder (including)
- Solicitation for murder
- First degree murder
- Second degree murder
- Possession of a firearm or carrying of a concealed weapon by a person convicted of certain felonies
- Purse snatching*
- Rape (including)
- Aggravated or first degree rape
- Forcible or second degree rape
- Simple or third degree rape
- Robbery (including)
- Armed robbery
- Armed robbery; use of firearm; additional penalty
- First degree robbery
- Second degree robbery
- Simple robbery*
- Second degree cruelty to juveniles
- Sexual Battery (including)
- Sexual battery
- Second degree sexual battery
- Sexual battery of persons with infirmities
- Stalking
- Terrorism
- Trafficking of children for sexual purposes
- Vehicular homicide, when the operator’s BAC exceeds .20
- Violation of a protective order if the violation involves a battery or any crime of violence against the person for whose benefit the protective order is in effect.
The “starred” offenses may be eligible for an expungement if more than 10 years have passed since completion of your most recent sentence, and you have no convictions of any kind and no pending charges.
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