Cleaning Up and Correcting Your Rap Sheet
It is safe to say that the majority of rap sheets contain errors, errors that can affect your search for employment. The resources below are guides on how to get a copy of your rap sheet, what it will look like, and how to correct any errors that you identify.
Resources
| How to Get & Clean up Your New York State Rap Sheet (Legal Action Center)
A booklet explaining how to obtain, read, and correct New York State rap sheets. |
| Know Your Rights! Understanding Juvenile & Criminal Records and Their Impact on Employment in New York State (Legal Action Center)
An overview of the impact of criminal records on employment (with a focus on juvenile offenders), and a guide to correcting rap sheet errors. |
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Sealing Criminal Records: How to Review a Rap Sheet for Errors A summary of the sealing statutes in the New York Criminal Procedure Law |
| Criminal Records Folder on Reentry Net
A link to Reentry Net's Criminal Records folder, which contains more extensive criminal record-related resources. |
