Your journey to successfully seal or expunge a case begins with you printing an FDLE (Florida Department of Law Enforcement) Seal or Expunge application.

You can also call FDLE’s Expunge Section in Tallahassee at (850) 410-7870 and request that a application be sent to you.

• Complete the top part of the FDLE Application form.
• Then, sign the form and get it notarized by a notary public.
  (Some notary publics charge a fee for this service.)

You must obtain a certified copy of the disposition of the case you want to have sealed or expunged from the Criminal Court Clerk’s Office, Criminal Division, Felony, Misdemeanor or Criminal Traffic Section. There is a fee for this certified copy.

The main office is located at in the Richard Gerstein Justice Building.

Miami Clerk of the Court
Richard Gerstein
1351 NW 12th Street
Miami, FL 33125

• Go to your local police department
• Ask them to print your fingerprints on a fingerprint card or the fingerprint page from the FDLE website. (Some police departments charge a fee for this service.)
• Make sure that you fill out the top part of the fingerprint card with your identifying information
  • Name
  • Race
  • Sex
  • Date of Birth
  • Social Security Number
  • Sign the Card

If you can only have your case sealed  (you entered a plea or were found guilty)
then you should send the following items to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement:

• A complete application
• Fingerprint card
• Certified case disposition
• Money order or cashier’s check in the amount of $75.00, made payable to Florida Department of Law Enforcement

Mail all the required materials to the FDLE at following address:

Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Post Office Box 1489
Tallahassee, Florida 32302-1489
Attention: Expunge Section

Complete the FDLE Application for a Certificate of Eligibility for Expunction (s. 943.585, F.S.)  Successfully expunged cases must meet the following requirements:

• All the charges were dismissed by the judge, or
• All the charges were dropped by the state. then Section B of the application form must be completed by the State Attorney’s Office.

If the case you want to have expunged is a felony, misdemeanor or criminal traffic case, take or mail the application to:

For juvenile cases, take or mail the items to:

Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office
Juvenile Division
155 NW 3rd Street
Miami, FL 33128

Also include the certified copy of the case disposition with your application form. There is no charge for this service by Miami SAO. Your application and certified case disposition will be returned to you.

Once you get the application back with Section B completed, then you mail the completed application, certified case disposition, fingerprint card and the $75.00 fee to FDLE in Tallahassee at:

Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Post Office Box 1489
Tallahassee, Florida 32302-1489
Attention: Expunge Section