Certificate of rehabilitation

A Certificate of Rehabilitationis a form of post-conviction relief.

Ineligible offenses

• Misdemeanor convictions (Sex offense misdemeanants are eligible if they get a PC1203.4 dismissal first)
• PC286(c)
• PC288
• PC288a(c)
• PC288.5
• PC289(j)

However, People v. Tirey ruled that the prohibition on PC288 from seeking certificates of rehabilitation violates equal protection since people convicted of PC288.7, a more serious offense, can seek certificates of rehabilitation.

An offenses reduced from a felony to a misdemeanor under PC17(b) is no longer a felony and not eligible for a Certificate of Rehabilitation. (People v. Moreno (2014) 231 Cal.App.4th 934.)