If you have a criminal record, you can potentially get the report sealed or expunged. For the most part, this is the only solution to cleaning up the past, assuming that you’ve stayed out of trouble. If a report is sealed, the record is still available – it’s merely not openly obtainable. But when a file is expunged, the info is deleted like the criminal event never transpired.
Sealing a report doesn’t suggest no one can ever learn about your Indiana criminal history. In some cases, it’s possible to unseal a record if a court order is issued. But if a record is expunged, individuals, including property managers or job supervisors, ordinarily won’t access that information.