Michigan Implements Automatic Expungement Program for Criminal Records

The Michigan State Police has launched an automatic expungement program that will search the state's Criminal History Record database system daily for eligible convictions to automatically expunge. Over 1 million residents are expected to receive automatic expungements on the first day of the program's rollout, and 400,000 residents are expected to end the day completely conviction-free. The program is in accordance with the clean slate legislation enacted in 2020 and will automatically expunge qualifying, eligible convictions using information from the criminal historical record database to determine when the proper waiting period for each conviction has elapsed.