An arrest is not a conviction, and a dismissed case is not a record. The mugshot sites do not care. We get mugshots and arrest listings removed where the law and the platforms allow it, and off page one where they do not.
A booking photo ranks for your name for years after the case is over, and the sites that publish it charge to take it down. Paying them is often illegal for them to ask and rarely ends the problem, because the next site republishes the same photo.
There are legitimate paths. Google removes mugshots from search under its policy on sites with exploitative removal practices. Many states now bar mugshot sites from charging for removal or require them to honor requests after dismissal or expungement. Expunged and sealed records carry their own rights. Snake River Strategies pursues every path that applies, for executives, professionals, candidates, and families, and builds the accurate public record so the photo is not the first thing anyone finds.
The strongest removal case. Dismissal and non-prosecution give you rights with the sites, the platforms, and often the state.
Expungement is a legal order that the record no longer exists. Sites that republish it can be compelled, and Google removes on request.
Pay-for-removal is illegal in a growing number of states, and Google de-indexes sites that do it. Do not pay; document it.
Even without expungement, old records can be removed from many sites and outranked everywhere by the current, accurate record.
Shared names and family listings spread the damage. We treat the household, not the one photo.
AI assistants repeat what the sites publish. When the source is removed and the record rebuilt, the answer follows.
We find every site publishing the photo and the arrest listing, establish the case status and the state law that applies, and tell you what can be removed outright.
Google policy requests, state-law demands, expungement-based takedowns, and direct requests to the sites, filed properly and escalated when ignored. Counsel coordinated where needed.
For copies that remain, we build the accurate, professional results that belong on page one and monitor so a new republication does not climb back.
We do not pay mugshot sites, and we advise against it. We cannot remove records from the courts or agencies that hold them, and legitimate news coverage of an arrest generally cannot be removed. We can remove and suppress most republication, and we will tell you which items fall on which side before you spend anything.
Often, yes. Google removes mugshot results from sites that charge for removal under its policy on exploitative practices, and it honors requests tied to expunged or sealed records. The sites themselves are a second front: a growing list of states prohibit pay-for-removal and require sites to take down photos after dismissal or expungement, and many sites comply with a properly documented request. What cannot be removed, such as the court's own record or a news report of the arrest, is pushed down by building the accurate, current record above it.
A single-photo, dismissed-case removal is a short, fixed engagement. Multi-site republication and ongoing monitoring run as a monthly program. You get a clear number after a free, confidential consultation.
Identify every site publishing it, establish your case status, and use the removal paths that apply: Google's policy on exploitative removal sites, state laws barring pay-for-removal, expungement or dismissal rights, and direct requests to each site. Then build the accurate record so remaining copies are not what people find.
No. In many states it is illegal for them to charge, paying marks you as a target for the next site, and Google de-indexes sites that use the practice. Document the demand instead; it strengthens the removal case.
Dismissal is the strongest position short of expungement. Most sites honor documented dismissal requests, several states require them to, and Google removes on request where the site is exploitative.
Expungement gives you the right to demand removal, and Google and most sites honor it, but nothing happens automatically. The requests have to be filed, and the copies found.
AI assistants repeat what the sites publish. As the sources are removed and the accurate record is built, the answer changes. We monitor it until it does.
Tell us the case status and where the photo appears. We will tell you what can be removed and how long it takes. The first consultation is free and confidential.
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