Those offenses include: 

• Unlawful restraint
• Public lewdness
• Indecent exposure
• Assault
• Deadly conduct
• Terroristic threat
• Disorderly conduct
• Harassment
• Unlawful carrying of a firearm
• Obstructing a highway or another passageway
• Interference with an emergency telephone call, stalking, and bigamy

This 5-year period, the applicant must not have received anything more than a citation for a fine-only type traffic offense. For most felony offenses, the applicant must wait 5 years from the date of the discharge and dismissal of the felony offense.

Obtaining an order of non-disclosure is very advantageous. A person who receives an order of nondisclosure may deny ever having been arrested or prosecuted for the offense unless the information is being used against the person in a subsequent criminal proceeding. However, an order of non-disclosure does not require the government to destroy the information. The information may be released to criminal justice agencies, non-criminal justice agencies authorized by statute or executive order to receive criminal history record information, and the person who is the subject of the criminal history information.

Private entities that compile and disseminate for compensation criminal history record information may not release information regarding an offense protected by an order of non-disclosure. A district court may issue a warning to a private entity for a first violation but faces a civil penalty not to exceed $500 for each subsequent violation. The Attorney General or District Attorneys' office may sue to collect.