If you are convicted of a crime in district court, you may petition for expungement. This means the conviction will be considered "erased", and the public will not have access to the information, except in certain situations.
You can petition for expungement for most state statute convictions after three years if you have satisfied the sentence imposed, or were discharged from probation, parole, conditional release, or a suspended sentence.
The time for expungement may be longer for other convictions.
Once you have petitioned for expungement, the court will set a hearing date and send a notice to the prosecutor. Anyone who has relevant information about you may testify at the hearing. The prosecutor will look into your background to see if there have been any subsequent convictions and present its findings to the court.
At the hearing, your conviction may be expunged if the Court finds:
You have not been convicted of a felony in the past two years, and no criminal proceedings are currently pending or being instituted.
Your behavior and circumstances warrant it.
Expunging your conviction is consistent with the public welfare.
Once an order of expungement is issued, you will be treated as though you were never convicted of a crime, unless:
You are convicted of another crime. In that case, the conviction that was expunged can be viewed as a prior conviction at sentencing.
You apply for admission or for an order of reinstatement to the practice of law in this state.
You apply for employment with a criminal justice agency, private detective agency, a private patrol operator, or with the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services.
•You apply for a job with the Kansas Lottery or Racing commissions.
You apply for a commercial driver's license.
Other circumstances under which the conviction is to be disclosed are discussed in K.S.A. 21-4619.
Some states treat voilent and\or drug convictions with a lot heavier hand however i havent been able to find anything about that in kansas. Hope this helped
