Start with the URL list, then split it
Search your full name in quotes, then search the case caption, then write down every URL that comes back. The aggregators and the mugshot sites act on URLs, not on names, so that list is the thing you're filing. There's no name-level opt-out at any of them, and a case sitting on three URLs is three separate requests.
Split the list into three piles, because each one takes a different request and a different piece of proof: the court's own portal, a court-record aggregator, and a pay-to-remove mugshot site. Then order your background check separately, because that copy never turns up in a search for your name and it's the one that costs you a job.
Go back to the clerk for the court's own portal
Send the clerk of courts a certified copy of the order and the docket number, in writing, and keep the receipt that shows when you sent it. This one isn't a removal request and no website is involved in it.
If the clerk doesn't act, go back to the judge for enforcement. This runs jurisdiction by jurisdiction and no national rule sets a deadline, so plan on chasing it rather than waiting on it.
Send the two aggregator requests today, both free
CourtListener takes a de-index request through its contact page, and the written policy makes the whole requirement a written request containing links to the pages you want blocked. No government ID, no docket number, no notarization, no fee. Open that policy, follow its link to the contact page, and do it in a browser, because the form sits behind an anti-bot challenge. Paste the exact URLs rather than describing the case. They state no turnaround, and they warn that search engines may not drop your case from their results for many months, if at all.
UniCourt takes the free Public Records Redaction Request, and the first question on its policy is "Has the record been sealed or expunged by a court order?", so this is the site where your order does the most work. Only a party to the record, that party's legal guardian or fiduciary, or an attorney representing them can file, which means you send this one yourself. One URL per request, and the conformed order goes on the upload.
Then wait. UniCourt states it typically decides within 30 days and that URLs are generally de-indexed by the search engines within about 30 days after that, so budget roughly sixty days to a clean result. Submitting, processing and appealing are free at UniCourt, and CourtListener's policy carries no payment term at all, so anyone invoicing you for either request is charging you to send a free form.
Dispute the background check with the company that sold it
Pull the report first, and dispute with the company whose name is on it. The CFPB publishes the list of consumer reporting companies, and it covers the specialty employment and tenant screeners alongside the big three, so find the right name before you write anything.
Send the certified order, your government ID, and the specific report and the specific item you're disputing, and keep proof of mailing, because the clock runs from receipt. Under 15 U.S.C. 1681i the agency gets 30 days to reinvestigate, extendable by 15, and has to notify the furnisher within five business days. Section 1681e(b) is the backstop: reasonable procedures to assure maximum possible accuracy.
Don't cite the CFPB's January 2024 advisory opinion on background screening in your dispute letter, the one saying an expunged record is inaccurate in a consumer report. It was withdrawn in 2025, and quoting withdrawn guidance hands them an easy first answer.
If the item comes back, use the reinsertion rule
It does come back sometimes, and Section 1681i(a)(5)(B) is your answer: deleted information can't be reinserted unless the furnisher certifies that it's complete and accurate, and the agency has to notify you in writing within five business days of the reinsertion, with that furnisher's name and address.
Save that notice. It names the company feeding the record in, which is the address your next dispute goes to. While you're at it, re-run the same name search at 60, 90 and 180 days and check whether any aggregator page you had blocked has come back.
Mugshot sites: send the statute, never the money
Florida Statute 901.43 carries a removal duty with a deadline on it. Send a written request by registered mail to the publisher's registered agent, with proof of identification and information identifying the photograph, and the publisher has to remove it without charge within 10 calendar days of receipt. Dismissal, acquittal and expungement aren't required, a compliant request is enough. Enforcing it means bringing a civil action for an injunction, so keep the registered-mail receipt, because it's the proof of the date the clock started.
California Civil Code 1798.91.1 is a fee ban, not a removal duty, so in California stop asking for a takedown you can't compel and document the fee demand instead: each payment solicited or accepted is a separate violation.
Don't pay. In California the fee demand is itself the cause of action. If the site is anonymously hosted with no agent to serve, Google's exploitative removal practices policy is the lever left: you're the subject of the content, the site isn't a business review site, and it demands payment to take the page down. All three have to hold, and you supply the URLs plus screenshots of the fee demand through the removal form.
Clean Google last, and what none of this fixes
Run Google's cleanup after the source is fixed, never before. The Refresh Outdated Content tool only works once the page is already gone or materially changed, and Google says outright it won't remove a page that still exists and hasn't changed. You'll need a Google account to open it. Don't waste a week on the personal information form either: that policy covers contact details, ID and account numbers, medical records and credentials, and court history isn't on the list. Google commits to no turnaround on any of this, so don't build your calendar around one.
Taking down a copy doesn't seal or expunge the court's own record, and nothing you send reaches the clerk's file. A news article about the arrest stays. And the FCRA's seven-year clock at 15 U.S.C. 1681c bars old arrest records but expressly not convictions, and switches off entirely for jobs paying $75,000 or more.
What all of this costs you is time. Building the URL list, then attaching the certified order to a separate form for every site, one URL at a time, then searching your own name again at 60, 90 and 180 days and re-filing whatever came back. The requests are free and you can send them yourself. Put the 60, 90 and 180 day checks in your calendar before you close this page.