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Tennessee Expungement Fees

Due to the new Tennessee expungement law (allowing for the erasure of an arrest or conviction from public record) effective July 1, 2012, there has been some confusion about how much a court clerk may charge to file an expungement petition.  In an effort to resolve the many questions relating to this issue, the State of Tennessee Attorney General’s Office issued Opinion Number 12–89.  This opinion provides a detailed analysis of how the Attorney General arrived at its answer, but the short answer is that the clerk of the court may only charge $350 ( instead of $450) as a filing fee. as noted in an earlier blog post, a DUI conviction may not be expunged, but in many circumstances, other criminal offenses may be expunged–even if there has been a conviction.

The expungement process can be very confusing and there are a number of pitfalls.  A mistake in filing an expungement may result in a delay of two years before another Petition for Expungement may be filed.

If you have questions about the Tennessee expungement process, you may contact the lawyers at Oberman and Rice without any obligation.  Feel free to call them at 865-249-7200 or visit the website dedicated to Tennessee expungements at www.eraseyourrecord.com.

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Steve Oberman

Since graduating from the University of Tennessee Law School in 1980, Mr. Oberman has become established as a national authority on the intricacies of DUI defense law. Steve is a former Dean of the National College for DUI Defense, co-author of a national treatise ("Drunk Driving Defense" published by Aspen/Wolters-Kluwer), and author of "DUI: The Crime and Consequences in Tennessee" (published by Thomson-Reuters/West). He has taught thousands of lawyers, judges, and members of the general public about the intricacies of this crime. Steve was selected as a Fulbright Scholar to teach American Criminal Law and American Trial Advocacy at the University of Latvia School of Law in 2019; in 2023 taught for a semester as a visiting professor at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) Faculty of Law in Budapest, Hungary; and as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Ljubljana Faculty of Law in 2024. Steve has also presented at a number of judicial conferences in the United States and Canada as well as for law enforcement agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Czech Republic Police Academy. As a Tennessee DUI attorney, Mr. Oberman has successfully defended over two thousand clients charged with Driving Under the Influence of alcohol and/or drugs. In 2006, Mr. Oberman became the first DUI lawyer in Tennessee to be recognized by the National College for DUI Defense as a Board Certified Specialist in the area of DUI Defense law.

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