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A Guide to Understanding and Correcting Criminal Records in Georgia
The Purpose of this Guide:
This Guide is to help people who have a Georgia criminal history, as well as organizations providing services to people with criminal histories, understand how to get a copy of a criminal history, how to correct mistakes, how to apply for record restriction (expungement), and how to apply for a pardon. The guide also includes sections on Georgia's First Offender Act, what employers and other decision-makers can access on a criminal history report, and how private background companies access and report information. Additional information and materials are available on the Georgia Justice Project website at www.GJP.org. Please click on the document below to download the guide.
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