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| Clearance policy overview | An adjudication for prostitution or related offenses that resulted from being a victim of human trafficking can be set aside, and the related records may be expunged and sealed by the court immediately. La. Child. Code Ann. Art. 923. | Records relating to a misdemeanor conviction can be expunged by the court five years after sentence completion. La. C.Cr.P. Art. 977. | Records relating to a felony conviction can be expunged by the court 10 years after sentence completion, if the person has no subsequent convictions. La. C.Cr.P. Art. 978. | Records relating to a case for which the person is entitled to a first-offender pardon can be expunged by the court immediately. La. C.Cr.P.Art. 978(A)(3). | Records relating to a misdemeanor case dismissed following successful completion of deferred-sentence probation can be expunged by the court immediately. La. C.Cr.P. Art. 977(A)(2). | Records relating to a felony case dismissed following successful completion of deferred sentence probation may be expunged by the court immediately. La. C.Cr.P.Art. 978(A)(2). | Records relating to an arrest or conviction for which the person was judicially determined to be factually innocent, can be expunged by the court. La. C.Cr.P. Art. 976(A)(4). | A record relating to a delinquency matter that did not result in charges being filed can be expunged and sealed upon petition at any time. La. Child. Code Ann. Art. 918(A). | A record of a felony arrest where the original arrest resulted in a misdemeanor conviction can be expunged by the court. La. C.Cr.P. Art. 985.1. | Records of arrest and court proceedings for a misdemeanor that did not lead to conviction can be expunged, so long as the petitioner was under 21 and had no other charges or convictions. ALM GL ch. 276, § 100H, I. | Records of arrest and court proceedings for a felony that did not lead to conviction can be expunged, so long as the petitioner was under 21 and had no other charges or convictions. ALM GL ch. 276, § 100H, I. | Records of a misdemeanor case resolved by a finding of not guilty, a finding of no probable cause, a nolle prosequi, or a dismissal can be sealed by the commissioner of probation after five years. ALM CL ch. 276,§ 100A. | Records of a felony case resolved by a finding of not guilty, a finding of no probable cause, a nolle prosequi, or a dismissal can be sealed by the commissioner of probation after 10 years. ALM CL ch. 276,§ 100A. | Records of a sex offense case resolved by a finding of not guilty, a finding of no probable cause, a nolle prosequi, or a dismissal can be sealed by the commissioner of probation after 15 years. ALM GL ch. 276,§ 100A. | Records of conviction for a first-offense felony committed before age 21 can be expunged by the court after seven years. ALM GL ch. 276, § 100G, I. | Records of conviction for a first-offense misdemeanor committed before age 21 can be expunged by the court after three years. ALM GL ch. 276, § 100G, I. | Records of arrest and court proceedings created as a result of false identification or identity theft can be expunged by the court immediately. ALM GL ch. 276, § 100K(a)(1). | Records of arrest and court proceedings created as a result of errors by law enforcement, witnesses, or court employees, or of a fraud upon the court, can be expunged by the court immediately. ALM GL ch. 276, § 100K(a)(3)-(6). | A record relating to a delinquency or youthful offender adjudication for a misdemeanor can be expunged by the court after three years. Mass. Gen. Laws Ann. 276 §§ 100F, 100I. | A record relating to a delinquency or youthful offender adjudication for a felony can be expunged by the court after seven years. Mass. Gen. Laws Ann. 276 §§ 100F, 100I. |
| Ineligible Category or Citation | There is no statutory language on ineligible persons or offenses. | See section 977(C) for offenses ineligible for expungement. | See section 978(B) for offenses ineligible for expungement. | See section 978(B) for offenses ineligible for expungement. | See La. C.Cr.P. Art. 894 and La. R.S. 13:5304 for deferred adjudication eligibility criteria. See La. C.Cr.P. Art. 977(C) for offenses ineligible for expungement. | See La. C.Cr.P. Art. 894 and La. R.S. 13:5304 for deferred sentence eligibility criteria. See La. C.Cr.P. Art. 978(B) for offenses ineligible for expungement. | There is no statutory language regarding ineligible offenses. | There is no statutory language regarding ineligible offenses. | There is no statutory language regarding ineligible offenses. | For ineligible offenses, see ALM GL ch. 276, § 100J. | For ineligible offenses, see ALM GL ch. 276, § 100J. | There is no statutory language regarding ineligible offenses. | There is no statutory language regarding ineligible offenses. | A person who has ever been classified as a level 2 or level 3 sex offender is not eligible for sealing of sex offenses. ALM GL ch. 276, § 100A(6). | For ineligible offenses, see ALM GL ch. 276, § 100J. | For ineligible offenses, see ALM GL ch. 276, § 100J. | There is no statutory language on ineligible offenses. | There is no statutory language on ineligible offenses. | For ineligible offenses, see Mass. Gen. Laws Ann. 276 § 100J. | For ineligible offenses, see Mass. Gen. Laws Ann. 276 § 100J. |
| Clearance Process | Petition-based | Petition-based | Petition-based | Petition-based | Petition-based | Petition-based | Petition-based | Petition-based | Petition-based | Petition-based | Petition-based | Petition-based | 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 |
| Waiting Periods | The motion may be filed at any time after adjudication. | The petition can be filed five years after sentence completion. | The petition may be filed 10 years after sentence completion. | There is no waiting period. | The petition can be filed upon case dismissal. | The petition can be filed upon case dismissal. | There is no statutory language regarding a waiting period. | A motion can be filed at any time. | There is no statutory language regarding a waiting period. | The petition can be filed three years after the date of the alleged offense. | The petition can be filed seven years after the date of the alleged offense. | There is a five-year waiting period to seal the record. | There is a 10-year waiting period to seal the record. | The person must wait 15 years to file for sealing, or so long as the person is under a duty to register, whichever is longer. | The petition can be filed seven years after the date the offense occurred. | The petition can be filed three years after the date the offense occurred. | There is no waiting period. | There is no waiting period. | The petition may be filed three years after the date of the offense. | The petition may be filed seven years after the date of the offense. |
| Fees | There are no fees allowed. La. Child. Code Ann. Art. 924. | Up to $550. La. C.Cr.P. Art. 983. An additional $50 is charged for petitions to expunge convictions of operating a vehicle while intoxicated. La. C.Cr.P. Art. 984. A person may proceed in forma pauperis in accordance with the provisions for waiver of court costs for indigent parties in civil matters. La. C.Cr.P. Art. 983(L). | General expungement fees may be up to $550. La. C.Cr.P. Art. 983. An additional $50 is charged for petitions to expunge convictions of operating a vehicle while intoxicated. La. C.Cr.P. Art. 984. A person may proceed in forma pauperis in accordance with the provisions for waiver of court costs for indigent parties in civil matters. La. C.Cr.P. Art. 983(L). | Up to $550. An additional $50 is charged for petitions to expunge convictions of operating a vehicle while intoxicated. A person may proceed in forma pauperis in accordance with the provisions for waiver of court costs for indigent parties in civil matters. La. C.Cr.P. Art. 983(H), 984. | Up to $550. La. C.Cr.P. Art. 983. An additional $50 is charged for petitions to expunge convictions of operating a vehicle while intoxicated. La. C.Cr.P. Art. 984. A person may proceed in forma pauperis in accordance with the provisions for waiver of court costs for indigent parties in civil matters. La. C.Cr.P. Art. 983(L). | Up to $550. An additional $50 is charged for petitions to expunge convictions of operating a vehicle while intoxicated. A person may proceed in forma pauperis in accordance with the provisions for waiver of court costs for indigent parties in civil matters. La. C.Cr.P. Art. 983(L), 984. | Fees can be waived under circumstances specified in La. C.Cr.P. Art. 983 (F). Otherwise, fees can be up to $550. La. C.Cr.P. Art. 983. | There are no fees to expunge the records. La. Child. Code Ann. Art. 924. | General expungement fees may be up to $550. La. C.Cr.P. Art. 983. A person may proceed in forma pauperis in accordance with the provisions for waiver of court costs for indigent parties in civil matters. La. C.Cr.P. Art. 983(I). | There is no statutory language on fees. | There is no statutory language on fees. | There is no fee. | There is no fee. | There is no fee. | There is no statutory language on fees. | There is no statutory language on fees. | There is no statutory language on fees. | There is no statutory language on fees. | There is no statutory language on fees. | There is no statutory language on fees. |
| Effect | Upon an order of expungement and sealing, the records and reports shall be expunged and sealed and the underlying conduct and conditions are considered nonexistent and shall not be made available to any person. No person whose juvenile records and reports have been expunged and sealed shall be required to disclose to any person that he was arrested or adjudicated or that the records and reports of arrest or adjudication have been expunged and sealed. For further information on effect, see La. Child. Code Ann. Art. 921, 922. | The record is confidential and no longer public, but expungement does not limit the news media's use of the expunged record. It is made available only to persons and entities specified in La. C.Cr.P. Art. 973. The person is not required to disclose the arrest or expungement. La. C.Cr.P. Art. 972, 973. | The record is confidential and no longer public, but expungement does not limit the news media's use of the expunged record. It is made available only to persons and entities specified in La. C.Cr.P. Art. 973. The person is not required to disclose the arrest or expungement. La. C.Cr.P. Art. 972, 973. | The record is confidential and no longer public, but expungement does not limit news media's use of an expunged record. It is made available only to persons and entities specified in La. C.Cr.P. Art. 973 . The person is not required to disclose the arrest or expungement. La. C.Cr.P. Art. 972, 973. | The record is confidential and no longer public, but expungement does not limit the news media's use of the expunged record. It is made available only to persons and entities specified in La. C.Cr.P. Art. 973. The person is not required to disclose the arrest or expungement. La. C.Cr.P. Art. 972, 973. | The record is confidential and no longer public, but expungement does not limit news media's use of an expunged record. It is made available only to persons and entities specified in La. C.Cr.P. Art. 973. The person is not required to disclose the arrest or expungement. La. C.Cr.P. Art. 972, 973. | The record is confidential and no longer public, but expungement does not limit the news media's use of the expunged record. It is made available only to persons and entities specified in La. C.Cr.P. Art. 973. The person is not required to disclose the arrest or expungement. La. C.Cr.P. Art. 972, 973. | All officials, agencies, institutions, boards, systems, and law enforcement offices, and their employees, agents, and consultants will expunge and seal all records and reports, in any form, and any other photographic, fingerprint, DNA, or any other information of any kind and all kinds or descriptions relating to the conduct or conditions referred to in the motion for expungement and sealing. La. Child. Code Ann. Art. 921(A)(1). Upon an order of expungement and sealing, the records and reports will be expunged and sealed and the underlying conduct and conditions are considered nonexistent and will not be made available to any person. No person whose juvenile records and reports have been expunged and sealed will be required to disclose to any person that they were arrested or adjudicated, or that the records and reports of arrest or adjudication have been expunged and sealed. La. Child. Code Ann. Art. 922. For further information on the effect of expungement, see La. Child. Code Ann. Art. 921, 922. | The record is confidential and no longer public, but expungement does not limit the news media's use of the expunged record. It is made available only to persons and entities specified in La. C.Cr.P. Art. 973. The person is not required to disclose the arrest or expungement. La. C.Cr.P. Art. 972, 973. | The person cannot be held under any provision of any law to be guilty of perjury or otherwise giving a false statement for failure to recite or acknowledge the record, or portion thereof, in response to any inquiry for any purpose. ALM GL ch. 276, § 100M. The expunged record shall not operate to disqualify a person in any examination, appointment or application for employment with any county agency, municipal agency or state agency, nor shall expunged records be admissible in evidence or used in any way in any court proceedings or hearings before any boards or commissions or in determining suitability for the practice of any trade or profession requiring licensure. ALM GL ch. 276, § 100N. | The person cannot be held under any provision of any law to be guilty of perjury or otherwise giving a false statement for failure to recite or acknowledge the record, or portion thereof, in response to any inquiry for any purpose. ALM GL ch. 276, § 100M. The expunged record shall not operate to disqualify a person in any examination, appointment or application for employment with any county agency, municipal agency or state agency, nor shall expunged records be admissible in evidence or used in any way in any court proceedings or hearings before any boards or commissions or in determining suitability for the practice of any trade or profession requiring licensure. ALM GL ch. 276, § 100N. | Sealed records will not disqualify the person from public employment. The person can tell prospective employers they have no criminal record, and court officials report that no record exists. The sealed record can be used in some specified proceedings. ALM GL ch. 276, §§ 100A, 100C, 100D. | Sealed records will not disqualify the person from public employment. The person can tell prospective employers they have no criminal record, and court officials report that no record exists. The sealed record can be used in some specified proceedings. ALM GL ch. 276, §§ 100A, 100C, 100D. | Sealed records will not disqualify the person from public employment. The person can tell prospective employers they have no criminal record, and court officials report that no record exists. The sealed record can be used in some specified proceedings. ALM GL ch. 276, §§ 100A, 100C, 100D. | The person cannot be held under any provision of any law to be guilty of perjury or otherwise giving a false statement for failure to recite or acknowledge the record, or portion thereof, in response to any inquiry for any purpose. ALM GL ch. 276, § 100M. The expunged record shall not operate to disqualify a person in any examination, appointment or application for employment with any county agency, municipal agency or state agency, nor shall expunged records be admissible in evidence or used in any way in any court proceedings or hearings before any boards or commissions or in determining suitability for the practice of any trade or profession requiring licensure. ALM GL ch. 276, § 100N. | The person cannot be held under any provision of any law to be guilty of perjury or otherwise giving a false statement for failure to recite or acknowledge the record, or portion thereof, in response to any inquiry for any purpose. ALM GL ch. 276, § 100M. The expunged record shall not operate to disqualify a person in any examination, appointment or application for employment with any county agency, municipal agency or state agency, nor shall expunged records be admissible in evidence or used in any way in any court proceedings or hearings before any boards or commissions or in determining suitability for the practice of any trade or profession requiring licensure. ALM GL ch. 276, § 100N. | The person cannot be held under any provision of any law to be guilty of perjury or otherwise giving a false statement for failure to recite or acknowledge the record, or portion thereof, in response to any inquiry for any purpose. ALM GL ch. 276, § 100M. The expunged record shall not operate to disqualify a person in any examination, appointment or application for employment with any county agency, municipal agency or state agency, nor shall expunged records be admissible in evidence or used in any way in any court proceedings or hearings before any boards or commissions or in determining suitability for the practice of any trade or profession requiring licensure. ALM GL ch. 276, § 100N. | The person cannot be held under any provision of any law to be guilty of perjury or otherwise giving a false statement for failure to recite or acknowledge the record, or portion thereof, in response to any inquiry for any purpose. ALM GL ch. 276, § 100M. The expunged record shall not operate to disqualify a person in any examination, appointment or application for employment with any county agency, municipal agency or state agency, nor shall expunged records be admissible in evidence or used in any way in any court proceedings or hearings before any boards or commissions or in determining suitability for the practice of any trade or profession requiring licensure. ALM GL ch. 276, § 100N. | No person whose record was expunged shall be held under any provision of any law to be guilty of perjury or otherwise giving a false statement by reason of the person's failure to recite or acknowledge such record, or portion thereof, in response to any inquiry made for any purpose. Mass. Gen. Laws Ann. 276 § 100M. An expunged record shall not operate to disqualify a person in any examination, appointment or application for employment with any county agency, municipal agency or state agency, nor shall such expunged records be admissible in evidence or used in any way in any court proceedings or hearings before any boards or commissions or in determining suitability for the practice of any trade or profession requiring licensure. Mass. Gen. Laws Ann. 276 § 100N. | No person whose record was expunged shall be held under any provision of any law to be guilty of perjury or otherwise giving a false statement by reason of the person's failure to recite or acknowledge such record, or portion thereof, in response to any inquiry made for any purpose. Mass. Gen. Laws Ann. 276 § 100M. An expunged record shall not operate to disqualify a person in any examination, appointment or application for employment with any county agency, municipal agency or state agency, nor shall such expunged records be admissible in evidence or used in any way in any court proceedings or hearings before any boards or commissions or in determining suitability for the practice of any trade or profession requiring licensure. Mass. Gen. Laws Ann. 276 § 100N. |
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