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| Clearance policy overview | A record relating to a juvenile who successfully completes pre-filing diversion is expunged within 35 days unless victim notification under Title 24 Article 4.1 is required and the victim objects. C.R.S.A. § 19-1-306(4)(b). | Records relating to a person whose case was dismissed as not delinquent will be erased immediately without the filing of a petition. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-146. | Records relating to an adjudication for a nonserious juvenile offense will be erased upon petition so long as the person is at least 18 years of age, at least two years have elapsed from the date of discharge, and the person is not subject to a disqualifying event. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-146. | Records relating to an adjudication for a serious juvenile offense will be erased upon petition so long as the person is at least 18 years of age, at least four years have elapsed from the date of discharge, and the person is not subject to a disqualifying event. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-146. | Records relating to a delinquency matter can be erased by the court upon a showing of good cause. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-146. | Records relating to a child who has a criminal record as a result of being a victim of human trafficking will be erased upon petition. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-146. | Records relating to a delinquency matter where the youth was charged shall be vacated and sealed by the court upon petition, so long as two years have elapsed from final discharge or final entry and the person is not subject to a disqualifying event. D.C. Code § 16-2335(a)(1)(B). | Records relating to a delinquency matter where the youth was not charged shall be vacated and sealed by the court upon petition, so long as two years have elapsed from final discharge or final entry and the person is not subject to a disqualifying event. D.C. Code § 16-2335(a)(1)(B). | Records relating to a juvenile arrest or petition that was terminated without adjudication may be sealed by the court at any time upon motion on grounds of actual innocence. D.C. Code § 16-2335.02(a). | A record relating to only one felony, misdemeanor, or violation case will be expunged upon petition after three years since the date of adjudication, provided that the petitioner meets certain requirements. 10 Del.C. § 1017(a)(3). | Records relating to no more than one case which resulted in adjudication of delinquency for a felony sex offense can be expunged, so long as five years have elapsed since the adjudication and the person is not subject to a disqualifying event. 10 Del. C. § 1018(a)(3). | Records relating to multiple adjudications for cases can be expunged, so long as five years have elapsed since the last adjudication and the person is not subject to a disqualifying event. 10 Del. C. § 1018(a)(4). | A record relating to a single case that resulted in an adjudication of delinquency for a misdemeanor sex offense can be expunged, if at least three years have passed and the Court finds that the continued existence and possible dissemination of information relating to the arrest of the petitioner causes, or may cause, a manifest injustice to the petitioner. 10 Del. C. § 1018(a)(2). | A record relating to only misdemeanors and violation cases that were terminated in favor of petitioner can be expunged during the Court proceeding at which the case was terminated. 10 Del. C. § 1017(a). | Records relating to multiple adjudications for cases that include Title 11 violent felonies and felony sex offenses can be expunged, so long as seven years have elapsed since the last adjudication and the person is not subject to a disqualifying event. 10 Del. C. § 1018(a)(4). | An adjudication for prostitution, loitering, or obscenity can be vacated by the court, and the related records can be expunged, after two years. 11 Del. C. § 787(j). | A record relating to only misdemeanors and violation cases that were terminated in favor of petitioner will be expunged. 10 Del. C. § 1017(a). | A record relating to felony, misdemeanor, and violation cases that were terminated in favor of petitioner will be expunged upon petition after one year since the last felony case was terminated. 10 Del.C. § 1017(a). | A record relating to only felony, misdemeanor, or violation cases which were terminated in favor of the petitioner can be expunged if less than one year has passed and the Court finds that the continued existence and possible dissemination of information relating to the arrest of the petitioner causes, or may cause, a manifest injustice to the petitioner. 10 Del. C. § 1018(a)(1). | Records relating to a single case that resulted in an adjudication of delinquency for a violent felony, as defined in section 1016, can be expunged, so long as three years have passed since adjudication and the person is not subject to a disqualifying event. 10 Del. C. § 1018(a)(2). |
| Ineligible Category or Citation | There is no statutory language regarding ineligible offenses. | No statutory language regarding ineligible offenses. | The person is not eligible for erasure if the person: (1) has a subsequent juvenile proceeding or adult criminal proceeding pending; (2) has been convicted of a delinquent act that would constitute a felony or misdemeanor if committed by an adult during the two-year waiting period; or (3) has been convicted as an adult of a felony or misdemeanor during the two-year waiting period. See Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-146. | The person is not eligible for erasure if the person: (1) has a subsequent juvenile proceeding or adult criminal proceeding pending; (2) has been convicted of a delinquent act that would constitute a felony or misdemeanor if committed by an adult during the four-year waiting period; or (3) has been convicted as an adult of a felony or misdemeanor during the four-year waiting period. See Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-146. | The person is not eligible for erasure if the person: (1) has a subsequent juvenile proceeding or adult criminal proceeding pending; (2) has a subsequent conviction for a delinquent act that would constitute a felony or misdemeanor if committed by an adult; or (3) has a subsequent conviction as an adult for a felony or misdemeanor. See Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-146. | No statutory language regarding ineligible offenses. | A person will be ineligible for sealing if the person has been convicted of a crime or adjudicated delinquent or in need of supervision subsequent to the final discharge from legal custody or supervision or since the entry of any other Division order not involving custody or supervision, or if a proceeding is pending seeking conviction or adjudication. D.C. Code § 16-2335(a)(2). | A person will be ineligible for sealing if the person has been convicted of a crime or adjudicated delinquent or in need of supervision subsequent to the final discharge from legal custody or supervision or since the entry of any other Division order not involving custody or supervision, or if a proceeding is pending seeking conviction or adjudication. D.C. Code § 16-2335(a)(2). | No statutory language regarding ineligible offenses. | To be eligible for expungement, petitioner may not have adjudications for certain serious offenses, adult convictions, or pending criminal charges. Traffic offenses under Title 21 may not be expunged, except for a felony conviction for driving while under the influence. 10 Del.C. § 1015(b). The adjudication that the petitioner seeks to have expunged cannot be for a violent felony, violent misdemeanor, or felony or misdemeanor sex offense as defined in section 1016. 10 Del.C. § 1017(a)(3). | To be eligible for expungement, petitioner may not have adjudications for certain serious offenses, adult convictions, or pending criminal charges. Traffic offenses under Title 21 may not be expunged, except for a felony conviction for driving while under the influence. 10 Del. C. § 1015(b). | To be eligible for expungement under this column, petitioner may not have: (a) adjudications for certain serious offenses as outlined in section 1015(b); (b) adjudications for violent felonies as defined under Title 11; (c) adjudications for felony sex offenses; (d) adult convictions; or (e) pending criminal charges. 10 Del. C. § 1015(b), 1018(a)(4). Traffic offenses under Title 21 may not be expunged, except for a felony conviction for driving while under the influence. 10 Del. C. § 1015(b).. | To be eligible for expungement, petitioner may not have adjudications for certain serious offenses, adult convictions, or pending criminal charges. Traffic offenses under Title 21 may not be expunged, except for a felony conviction for driving while under the influence. 10 Del. C. § 1015(b). | To be eligible for expungement, petitioner may not have adjudications for certain serious offenses, adult convictions, or pending criminal charges. Traffic offenses under Title 21 may not be expunged, except for a felony conviction for driving while under the influence. 10 Del. C. § 1015(b). | To be eligible for expungement, petitioner may not have adjudications for certain serious offenses, adult convictions, or pending criminal charges. Traffic offenses under Title 21 may not be expunged, except for a felony conviction for driving while under the influence. 10 Del. C. § 1015(b). | This policy applies only to prostitution, loitering, and obscenity. 11 Del. C. § 787(j). | To be eligible for expungement, petitioner may not have adjudications for certain serious offenses, adult convictions, or pending criminal charges. Traffic offenses under Title 21 may not be expunged, except for a felony conviction for driving while under the influence. 10 Del. C. § 1015(b). | To be eligible for expungement, petitioner may not have adjudications for certain serious offenses, adult convictions, or pending criminal charges. Traffic offenses under Title 21 may not be expunged, except for a felony conviction for driving while under the influence. 10 Del. C. § 1015(b). | To be eligible for expungement, petitioner may not have adjudications for certain serious offenses, adult convictions, or pending criminal charges. Traffic offenses under Title 21 may not be expunged, except for a felony conviction for driving while under the influence. 10 Del. C. § 1015(b). | To be eligible for expungement, petitioner may not have adjudications for certain serious offenses, adult convictions, or pending criminal charges. Traffic offenses under Title 21 may not be expunged, except for a felony conviction for driving while under the influence. 10 Del. C. § 1015(b).. |
| Clearance Process | Automatic | Automatic | Petition-based | Petition-based | Petition-based | Petition-based | By petition or court's own motion | By petition or court's own motion | Petition-based | Petition-based | Petition-based | Petition-based | Petition-based | By petition or court's own motion | Petition-based | Petition-based | Petition-based | Petition-based | Petition-based | Petition-based |
| Waiting Periods | The record is to be expunged 35 days after completion of diversion. | The record should be erased immediately upon dismissal. | The petition can be filed after the person reaches 18 years of age and at least two years have elapsed from the date of discharge. | The petition can be filed after the person reaches 18 years of age and at least four years have elapsed from the date of discharge | The petition can be filed at any time. | There is no statutory language regarding a waiting period. | The petition may be filed after two years have elapsed since the final discharge of the person from legal custody or supervision, or since the entry of any other Division order not involving custody or supervision. | The petition may be filed after two years have elapsed since the final discharge of the person from legal custody or supervision, or since the entry of any other Division order not involving custody or supervision. | The petition may be filed at any time following the termination of the matter. | The petition may be filed three years after the date of adjudication. | A petition may be filed five years after the adjudication. | A petition may be filed five years after the last adjudication. | The petition may be filed three years after the adjudication. | The record may be expunged immediately. | A petition may be filed seven years after the last adjudication. | The petition can be filed two years after the person's last criminal conviction and must be filed within "a reasonable period of time" after the person ceases to be a victim of trafficking. 11 Del. C. § 787(j)(2)(c). | The petition may be filed immediately. | The petition may be filed one year after the last felony case was terminated in favor of the petitioner. | The petition may be filed one year after the case was terminated in favor of the petitioner. | A petition may be filed three years after the adjudication. |
| Fees | There are no fees. | There is no statutory language regarding fees. | There is no statutory language regarding fees. | There is no statutory language regarding fees. | There is no statutory language regarding fees. | There is no statutory language regarding fees. | No statutory language. | No statutory language. | No statutory language. | The State Bureau of Identification can charge a reasonable fee for providing a certified copy of the petitioner's criminal history. 10 Del.C. § 1015(d)(3). | The State Bureau of Identification can charge a reasonable fee for providing a certified copy of the petitioner's criminal history. 10 Del. C. § 1015(d)(3). | The State Bureau of Identification can charge a reasonable fee for providing a certified copy of the petitioner's criminal history. 10 Del. C. § 1015(d)(3). | The State Bureau of Identification can charge a reasonable fee for providing a certified copy of the petitioner's criminal history. 10 Del. C. § 1015(d)(3). | There is no statutory language regarding fees. | The State Bureau of Identification can charge a reasonable fee for providing a certified copy of the petitioner's criminal history. 10 Del. C. § 1015(d)(3). | There is no statutory language on fees. | The State Bureau of Identification can charge a reasonable fee for providing a certified copy of the petitioner's criminal history. 10 Del. C. § 1015(d)(3). | The State Bureau of Identification can charge a reasonable fee for providing a certified copy of the petitioner's criminal history. 10 Del. C. § 1015(d)(3). | The State Bureau of Identification can charge a reasonable fee for providing a certified copy of the petitioner's criminal history. 10 Del. C. § 1015(d)(3). | The State Bureau of Identification can charge a reasonable fee for providing a certified copy of the petitioner's criminal history. 10 Del. C. § 1015(d)(3). |
| Effect | The person may assert that he or she has no juvenile delinquency record and may lawfully deny that he or she has ever been arrested, charged, adjudicated, convicted, or sentenced in regard to the expunged case, matter, or charge. C.R.S.A. § 19-1-306(1)(a). Expungement must be effectuated by physically sealing or conspicuously indicating on the face of the record or at the beginning of the computerized file of the record that the record has been designated as expunged. C.R.S.A. § 19-1-306(2)(g). Such information is not available to an agency of the military forces of the United States. C.R.S.A. § 19-1-306(3)(a). Any record that is ordered expunged is available to any judge and the probation department for use in any future proceeding in which the person is charged with an offense as either a juvenile or as an adult or in any subsequent criminal investigation or prosecution as a substantive predicate offense conviction or adjudication of record. C.R.S.A. § 19-1-306(3)(b)-(c). | All references including arrest, complaint, referrals, petitions, reports, and orders will be removed from all agency, official, and institutional files, and a finding of delinquency will be deemed never to have occurred. No child who has been the subject of such an erasure order will be deemed to have been arrested with respect to the erased proceedings. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-146. | All references including arrest, complaint, referrals, petitions, reports, and orders will be removed from all agency, official, and institutional files, and a finding of delinquency will be deemed never to have occurred. No child who has been the subject of such an erasure order will be deemed to have been arrested with respect to the erased proceedings. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-146. | All references including arrest, complaint, referrals, petitions, reports, and orders will be removed from all agency, official, and institutional files, and a finding of delinquency will be deemed never to have occurred. No child who has been the subject of such an erasure order will be deemed to have been arrested with respect to the erased proceedings. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-146. | All references including arrest, complaint, referrals, petitions, reports, and orders will be removed from all agency, official, and institutional files, and a finding of delinquency will be deemed never to have occurred. No child who has been the subject of such an erasure order will be deemed to have been arrested with respect to the erased proceeding. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-147. | All references including arrest, complaint, referrals, petitions, reports, and orders will be removed from all agency, official, and institutional files, and a finding of delinquency shall be deemed never to have occurred. No child who has been the subject of such an erasure order will be deemed to have been arrested with respect to the erased proceedings. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-146. | Upon the entry of the order, the proceedings in the case shall be treated as if they never occurred. All facts relating to the action including arrest, the filing of a petition, and the adjudication, filing, and disposition of the Division shall no longer exist as a matter of law. The Division, the law enforcement department, or any other department or agency that received notice under subsection (b) and was named in the order shall reply, and the person who is the subject matter of the records may reply, to any inquiry that no record exists with respect to such person. D.C. Code § 16-2335(c). Any adjudication of delinquency or need of supervision or conviction of a felony subsequent to sealing shall have the effect of nullifying the vacating and sealing order. D.C. Code § 16-2335(e). | Upon the entry of the order, the proceedings in the case shall be treated as if they never occurred. All facts relating to the action including arrest, the filing of a petition, and the adjudication, filing, and disposition of the Division shall no longer exist as a matter of law. The Division, the law enforcement department, or any other department or agency that received notice under subsection (b) and was named in the order shall reply, and the person who is the subject matter of the records may reply, to any inquiry that no record exists with respect to such person. D.C. Code § 16-2335(c). Any adjudication of delinquency or need of supervision or conviction of a felony subsequent to sealing shall have the effect of nullifying the vacating and sealing order. D.C. Code § 16-2335(e). | The effect of sealing the records shall be to restore the movant, in the contemplation of the law, to the status he or she occupied before being arrested or charged. No person as to whom such relief has been granted shall be held thereafter under any provision of law to be guilty of perjury or otherwise giving a false statement by reason of failure to recite or acknowledge his or her arrest, or charge, or trial in response to any inquiry made of him or her for any purpose. D.C. Code § 16-2335.02(i). | If an order expunging a juvenile criminal history is granted by the Court, all indications of the arrest, including police and court records and any electronic records relating to the arrest, will be removed from the files within 60 days and placed under the control of the Supervisor of the State Bureau of Identification (SBI). The SBI Supervisor will ensure that neither the records nor the information are released for any reason except as specified in section 1019. 10 Del. C. § 1019(a). | If an order expunging a juvenile criminal history is granted by the Court, all indications of the arrest, including police and court records and any electronic records relating to the arrest, will be removed from the files within 60 days and placed under the control of the Supervisor of the State Bureau of Identification (SBI). The SBI Supervisor will ensure that neither the records nor the information are released for any reason except as specified in section 1019. 10 Del. C. § 1019(a). | If an order expunging a juvenile criminal history is granted by the court, all indications of the arrest, including police and court records and any electronic records relating to the arrest, will be removed from the files within 60 days and placed under the control of the Supervisor of the State Bureau of Identification (SBI). The SBI Supervisor will ensure that neither the records nor the information are released for any reason except as specified in section 1019. 10 Del. C. § 1019(a). | If an order expunging a juvenile criminal history is granted by the Court, all indications of the arrest, including police and court records and any electronic records relating to the arrest, will be removed from the files within 60 days and placed under the control of the Supervisor of the State Bureau of Identification (SBI). The SBI Supervisor will ensure that neither the records nor the information are released for any reason except as specified in section 1019. 10 Del. C. § 1019(a). | If an order expunging a juvenile criminal history is granted by the Court, all indications of the arrest, including police and court records and any electronic records relating to the arrest, will be removed from the files within 60 days and placed under the control of the Supervisor of the State Bureau of Identification (SBI). The SBI Supervisor will ensure that neither the records nor the information are released for any reason except as specified in section 1019. 10 Del. C. § 1019(a). | If an order expunging a juvenile criminal history is granted by the Court, all indications of the arrest, including police and court records and any electronic records relating to the arrest, will be removed from the files within 60 days and placed under the control of the Supervisor of the State Bureau of Identification (SBI). The SBI Supervisor will ensure that neither the records nor the information are released for any reason except as specified in section 1019. 10 Del. C. § 1019(a). | The court enters an order vacating the adjudication and dismissing the accusatory pleading, and may take such additional action as is appropriate in the circumstances or as justice requires. 11 Del. C. § 787(j)(2). | If an order expunging a juvenile criminal history is granted by the Court, all indications of the arrest, including police and court records and any electronic records relating to the arrest, will be removed from the files within 60 days and placed under the control of the Supervisor of the State Bureau of Identification (SBI). The SBI Supervisor will ensure that neither the records nor the information are released for any reason except as specified in section 1019. 10 Del. C. § 1019(a). | If an order expunging a juvenile criminal history is granted by the Court, all indications of the arrest, including police and court records and any electronic records relating to the arrest, will be removed from the files within 60 days and placed under the control of the Supervisor of the State Bureau of Identification (SBI). The SBI Supervisor will ensure that neither the records nor the information are released for any reason except as specified in section 1019. 10 Del. C. § 1019(a). | If an order expunging a juvenile criminal history is granted by the Court, all indications of the arrest, including police and court records and any electronic records relating to the arrest, will be removed from the files within 60 days and placed under the control of the Supervisor of the State Bureau of Identification (SBI). The SBI Supervisor will ensure that neither the records nor the information are released for any reason except as specified in section 1019. 10 Del. C. § 1019(a). | If an order expunging a juvenile criminal history is granted by the Court, all indications of the arrest, including police and court records and any electronic records relating to the arrest, will be removed from the files within 60 days and placed under the control of the Supervisor of the State Bureau of Identification (SBI). The SBI Supervisor will ensure that neither the records nor the information are released for any reason except as specified in section 1019. 10 Del. C. § 1019(a). |
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