Maybe.
If your charge was dismissed, if you were arrested and released without being charged, if a no true bill was returned by a grand jury, if a judgment of nolle prosequi was entered in your case, if you were found not guilty by a judge or a jury, or if your conviction was reversed on appeal, then you are eligible to have your record expunged free of charge.[3]
If you successfully completed a pretrial diversion program under Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 40-15-102–40-15-107 or a judicial diversion program under Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-35-313, or if your prosecution was suspended by agreement, then you are eligible to have your record expunged unless your charge involved a sexual offense.[4] However, the clerk will charge you a $280 fee to expunge your records.[5]
If you were convicted of a felony and you were sentenced to less than three years in prison, then you may be eligible for expungement if your charge appears on this list.
If you were convicted of a misdemeanor, then you may be eligible for expungement if your charge does not appear on this list.
Please note that if you are trying to expunge a felony or misdemeanor conviction, then you are only eligible to have your charge expunged if you satisfy every condition on this Expungement Checklist. That means that you generally* (some exceptions apply; please see below) cannot have more than two convictions,* at least five years must have gone by since you completed your sentence, and you must have fulfilled all the requirements of your sentence, including payment of fines and court costs. You will also be charged a $280 fee to expunge a conviction.
*Update: Based on a new last enacted on May 5, 2017, some people with exactly two eligible convictions can now get both charges expunged. Please click here for details.