

The difference is that sealed records still exist - “physically” and before the law-, while expunged records are destroyed, leavingsomeone with a 100% clean slate. Arrest records can be sealed or expunged, with a few restrictions – for instance, expungement is not allowed in the State of New York.Police arrested 474 people and freed victims in and around cities from Los Angeles to San Diego and Santa Barbara in state-wide raids over three days in late January, Wegener said.

