How to get a record corrected or removed
Corrections are free and reviewed first. Here is what counts as a correction, what to send, and what happens next.
By GotBusted News · August 14, 2026
<p>If a record on this site is wrong, we want to know, and fixing it does not cost anything. That is worth stating plainly because a lot of sites in this category do not operate that way.</p> <h2>The two kinds of request</h2> <p>A <strong>correction</strong> is a claim that the record does not match reality. That covers more than people expect:</p> <ul><li>The information is wrong, or it is not you — mistaken identity is common with shared names</li><li>The charges were dismissed</li><li>You were found not guilty</li><li>The case resolved differently than the record shows</li><li>A court sealed or expunged it</li></ul> <p>All of those are free, and they are reviewed before anything else in the queue.</p> <p>A <strong>discretionary removal</strong> is a request to take down a record that is accurate and lawfully published. Those are reviewed individually. If a service fee applies we quote it by email after reviewing the request, and you decide then whether to proceed. Payment is never collected through this website.</p> <h2>What to send</h2> <p>The name on the record, and the link to the page if you have it. For anything involving a court — a dismissal, an acquittal, a changed disposition, an expungement — the case number and the court are what let us confirm it fastest.</p> <p>If a court has ordered a record sealed or expunged, say so on the form and we will tell you where to send the order.</p> <h2>What we will never ask you for</h2> <p>We do not need your Social Security number, your date of birth, or a photo of your ID, and you should not send them. If any site asks for those to remove a record, that is worth being suspicious about.</p> <h2>What happens next</h2> <p>A person reads every request. Court-ordered removals go first, then corrections, then everything else. You get a reply by email either way, including when the answer is no and why.</p> <h2>What we cannot do</h2> <p>We cannot remove a record from the county, the court, or the state registry. Those are the original sources and they publish independently of us — taking a record off this site does not take it off theirs. We also cannot reach a copy another site made before we changed ours.</p> <h2>Start here</h2> <p>The <a href="optout.html">request form</a> routes straight into the review queue, and the <a href="corrections.html">corrections and removals page</a> has the longer version of all of this.</p>