CERTIFICATE OF REHABILITATION AND PARDON RESTORATION OF RIGHTS The granting of a certificate of rehabilitation (CR) or a pardon restores to the applicant some of the rights of citizenship which were forfeited as a result of a felony conviction. CERTIFICATE OF REHABILITATION GOVERNOR'S PARDON · · · · DOES: Relieve specified sex offenders of further duty to register. (Pen. Code § 290.5, as amended 7-8-96.) DOES: · · Allow an ex-felon to serve on a trial jury. (Code Civ. Proc. § 203, subd.(a)(5).) Enhance an ex-felon's potential for becoming licensed by state boards. (Pen. Code § 4853.) Serve as an official document to demonstrate an ex-felon's rehabilitation, which could enhance employment possibilities. Serve as an automatic application for a pardon. Allow restoration of firearm right, with federal approval, to specified offenders if granted a full and unconditional pardon, unless the conviction was for a felony involving the use of a dangerous weapon. (Pen. Code § 4854.) · Allow an ex-felon to be considered for appointment as a county probation officer or state parole agent, but not to any other peace officer positions. (Gov. Code § 1029.) DOES NOT: · · · · Erase the felony conviction or seal the criminal record. (Pen. Code § 4852.17.) Prevent the offense from being considered as a prior conviction if the person is later convicted of a new offense. · Allow specified sex offenders still required to register after obtaining a CR to be relieved of duty to register if granted a full pardon. (Pen. Code § 290.5, as amended 7-8-96.) Allow an ex-felon to answer on employment applications that he/she has no record of conviction. Give an ex-felon the right to vote - this right is automatically restored after termination from probation or discharge from parole. DOES NOT: · · · · · Seal or erase the record of conviction. (Pen. Code § 4852.17.) Prevent the pardoned offense from being considered as a prior conviction if the person is later convicted of a new offense. Allow a pardoned person to answer on employment applications that he/she has no record of conviction. Restore ability to own a firearm to exfelons convicted of any offense involving the use of a dangerous weapon. (Pen. Code § 4854.) Pardon convictions from another state, or federal convictions. SUPCT CR-118 (NOW 10-97) 2000 (C) American LegalNet, Inc.