Pasco County Record Sealing and Expungement Lawyer

For a Pasco County record, the prosecutor-certification step and the court-filing step are separate. Mixing them together can mean mailing the wrong document to the wrong office. The correct route depends first on whether the person is seeking sealing, expunction, or verifying that automatic sealing already occurred.

Call (941) 866-4352 Request a Pasco record review

Florida criminal defense attorney Adam Dunn — Adam Dunn is based in Sarasota and handles eligible Florida record-clearing matters. Dunn Law reviews the certified disposition and statewide history before choosing a filing path.

Order the Pasco disposition before choosing a packet

The Pasco County Clerk offers E-Certify for court documents that are viewable online. Its current published charges are $1 per page, $2 per certified document, a $6 convenience fee, and a 3.5% card-processing fee. If the case or document is not viewable, the Clerk directs customers to the appropriate office for the certified record.

Review every count from the incident. Florida’s automatic-sealing statute applies to qualifying no-file or all-count nonconviction outcomes, subject to charge- and disposition-based exclusions. A dismissed count does not automatically make a related count—or a private background report—disappear.

The Pasco expunction certification is mail or in person

For an expunction application, the Sixth Circuit State Attorney says the notarized FDLE application should be submitted by mail or in person to the State Attorney’s office in the county where the charge arose. Electronic copies are not accepted. Pasco has State Attorney offices at the East Pasco Judicial Center in Dade City and the West Pasco Judicial Center in New Port Richey.

The State Attorney says completion can take a few weeks and the form is returned by U.S. mail. That is an office processing estimate, not a promise about the full FDLE or court timeline. An ordinary sealing application skips this expunction-only Section B step.

After FDLE issues the certificate

Use the current Pasco packet. The Clerk publishes separate sealing and expunction packets with a petition, sworn statement, proposed order, and notice of hearing.
File in the existing criminal case. The Clerk lists a $42 charge. Its local information sheet also says outstanding case costs and fees must be paid before the record is sealed or expunged.
Use the right filing route. Sixth Circuit Administrative Order 2023-040 requires attorneys to e-file. A scanned verified or sworn criminal document may be filed electronically, but the original also must be submitted. Self-represented filers may use paper or opt into electronic filing.
Check the proposed-order route. Attorneys generally use JAWS to submit proposed orders, subject to the assigned judge’s current practice requirements; verify before submission.
Serve the required agencies. Serve the completed petition on the Pasco State Attorney and arresting agency. Also send the State Attorney the FDLE Certificate of Eligibility with its copy of the petition. The State Attorney will respond. An objection may lead to a hearing; no objection does not justify promising that every matter will be decided without one.

What automatic sealing does—and does not—mean

When section 943.0595 applies, the Clerk transmits the qualifying disposition to FDLE, FDLE seals the criminal-history record, and the related court record becomes confidential after FDLE notice. The statute does not force every criminal-justice agency to seal its own copy, and section 943.0595 does not itself govern private database vendors. If a Pasco case still appears, the task is to identify which record remains public and why.

How Dunn Law helps with a Pasco record

Dunn Law can review the complete disposition and history, obtain missing records, prepare the correct FDLE materials, coordinate the Sixth Circuit prosecutor step for an expunction, assemble the Pasco petition packet, e-file and submit the required original sworn documents, serve the required agencies, and follow the assigned division’s hearing or order instructions.

Pasco County questions

Can Section B be emailed to the Pasco State Attorney?

The Sixth Circuit State Attorney’s current public instructions say no electronic copies. Submit the notarized application by mail or in person to the appropriate Pasco office.

Does the $42 charge include certified copies?

No. The $42 filing charge does not include extra copies or certifications. If E-Certify is used, its separate per-page, certification, convenience, and card-processing charges apply.

Is a hearing automatic?

No. The State Attorney may respond without objection, object, or raise an issue that requires a hearing. The assigned judge and judicial assistant control scheduling and the current division procedure.

Get the Pasco file screened before mailing forms

Gather the case number, arrest date, every charge and disposition, arresting agency, and any proof that supervision or diversion ended. Call (941) 866-4352 or request a consultation. The firm can provide a secure document route after the initial contact if records are needed.

Read the statewide Florida eligibility guide.

General information, not legal advice. Eligibility and procedure depend on the complete record, current law, agency instructions, and the assigned court. No result or completion date is guaranteed.

Official sources checked

Sources checked September 19, 2026. Confirm the current route for the actual case.