Privacy, Record Removal

Remove a Record

We remove court record pages from Open Public Records on request, free of charge. Requests are submitted on the record page itself, so we know exactly which page you mean.

How to request removal

There is no form on this page on purpose. Every removal request has to be tied to one specific page, so you submit it directly on the record you want removed. That way nothing gets removed by mistake, and nothing gets missed.

Find your record. Search your name below, or paste the page address into your browser if you already have it.
Open the record page you want removed and scroll to the section headed 🚫 Request Removal of This Record.
Fill in the form on that page. The case number, party name and page address are filled in for you. You add your name, your email, and anything you want us to know.
Submit it. Requests are reviewed by a person. Most approved removals are processed within 24 hours. There is no charge, no account, and no membership.

Search for your record

If you cannot find the page, or the form will not submit, contact us with the exact address of the page and we will handle it by hand.

What removal does, and what it cannot do

Important: removing a page from Open Public Records does not erase, seal, or expunge the underlying court record. The original record stays on file with the court that created it, and it stays public there. We are not a court and we have no power to change, seal, or delete any government record.

✓ What we can do

Remove the record page from this site
Remove it from our internal search and listings
Tell search engines not to index the page

✗ What we cannot do

Delete or seal the court's own record
Remove the case from PACER or a court's own website
Remove it from other websites that copied it
Erase it from search engine caches instantly

Search engines keep their own copies for a while. After we remove a page, it can take days or weeks for Google and other engines to drop it from their results. That timing is theirs, not ours.

Other public-record sites index the same court data independently. Each one has its own removal process, and ours does not reach them.

Removing the record at its source

If you want the record itself gone, and not only this site's page, that happens at the court. Depending on your state and your case, the options are usually sealing, expungement, or a records-destruction order. Each one is a legal process with its own eligibility rules, forms, and waiting periods.

Start with the court that holds the case. The clerk's office can tell you which process applies and provide the forms.
Check your state's rules. Eligibility usually depends on the charge, the outcome, and how much time has passed.
Consider legal help. Many counties have a public defender's office, legal-aid clinic, or self-help center that assists with sealing and expungement at no cost or low cost.

Once a court seals or expunges a case, send us the page address and we will remove our page as well. We do not require you to wait for a court order before asking us, but a court order is the only thing that changes the record at the source.

What we ask you to include

The form on the record page collects what we need. If you write to us instead, please include:

The exact address of the page you want removed, one page per request
Enough information for us to confirm the page actually refers to you
A short statement of why removal is appropriate, for example an expungement, a court order, a statutory privacy right, or a mistaken identity

If a court has already sealed or expunged the case, mentioning that helps us act quickly. Supporting paperwork is helpful but is not required for us to review your request.

Mistaken identity. Everything on our record pages is matched by name only. We have not verified that any record, person, or business shown is the same individual or entity named in a case. If a page is about someone who shares your name, tell us and we will correct or remove it. See how we search.

How we handle requests

A person reviews every request. Nothing is decided automatically.
It is free. We never charge to remove a record, and we never ask for payment, a subscription, or a membership. Anyone who asks you to pay us is not us.
We weigh the balance. We consider your privacy interest against the public-information nature of the underlying government record.
We may decline a request that is abusive or fraudulent, that is submitted by someone other than the person named or their authorized representative, that is intended to suppress legitimate public-interest reporting, or that is duplicative.
We keep a record of the request itself so we can show what was removed and when, and reverse an error.

Requests are normally handled within 24 hours. Verifiable privacy-rights requests under laws such as the GDPR, the CCPA, and comparable state laws are answered within the time those laws require, which is typically 30 days or sooner. See our Privacy Policy for the full list of rights.

Legal notes

Open Public Records is not a consumer reporting agency as defined by the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq., and the information on this site may not be used for any FCRA-regulated purpose, including employment, tenant screening, consumer credit, insurance, or government benefits and licensing. See our FCRA Notice.

We are not a government website, court, or law-enforcement agency, and we are not affiliated with any government body. We are not a law firm and nothing on this page is legal advice. For advice about sealing or expunging a record, consult an attorney or your local court's self-help resources.

Public records can be incomplete, outdated, or wrong at their source. To correct the official record itself, contact the agency or court that created it.