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| Clearance policy overview | 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 an offense that has since been decriminalized can be ordered destroyed by a court at any time. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-142d. | Records relating to a conviction for prostitution pursuant to section 53a-82 that occurred as a result of the petitioner having been a victim of human trafficking can be vacated by the court. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-95c. | Records relating to an offense for which an absolute pardon has been granted are erased. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-142a(d)(2). | Records relating to possession of marijuana will be erased by the court. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-142v(a). | Records relating to possession with intent to use drug paraphernalia to store, contain or conceal, or to ingest, inhale or otherwise introduce into the human body, marijuana, will be erased by the court. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-142v(a). | Records relating to manufacturing, distributing, selling, prescribing, compounding, transporting with the intent to sell or dispense, possessing with the intent to sell or dispense, offering, giving, or administering to another person a marijuana-type substance and involving less than or equal to four ounces or six plants grown inside such person's own primary residence for personal use, may be erased by the court. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-142v(a). | Police, court, and state's attorney records pertaining to certain misdemeanor convictions will be erased. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-142a(e)(1). | The records relating to police, court, and state's attorney records pertaining to a class D or E felony or an unclassified felony carrying a term of imprisonment of not more than five years will be erased by the court after 10 years. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-142a(e)(1). | Records relating to offenses dismissed after the completion of certain deferred adjudication programs are erased upon dismissal. Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 54-56e, 46-38c(h), 29-33(h), 54-142a. | Police, court, and state attorney records relating to a finding of not guilty or a dismissal are erased upon affirmance after appeal or when the time to appeal has expired. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-142a(a)(b). | Police, court, and state's attorney records relating to a case for which a nolle prosequi was entered are erased within 13 months. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-142a(c). | Records relating to eligible misdemeanor or felony convictions may be sealed by the court eight years after sentence completion, or sooner if the prosecutor waives the waiting period, so long as the person does not have a disqualifying arrest or conviction. D.C. Code §§ 16-803(c), (e). | 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). | Records relating to a criminal offense that has been decriminalized may be sealed by the court at any time. D.C. Code § 16-803.02. | Records relating to a conviction that resulted from being a victim of human trafficking can be expunged by the court immediately. D.C. Code § 22-1844. |
| Ineligible Category or Citation | 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. | No statutory language regarding ineligible offenses. | This section applies only to prostitution convictions pursuant to section 53a-82. | No statutory language regarding ineligible offenses. | No statutory language regarding ineligible offenses. | No statutory language regarding ineligible offenses. | No statutory language regarding ineligible offenses. | Ineligible offenses include any conviction designated as a family violence crime, as defined in section 46b-38a; (B) A nonviolent sexual offense or a sexually violent offense, each as defined in section 54-250; (C) Certain class D felony offenses; (D) Class A misdemeanor offense that is a violation of section 53a-61a, 53a-64cc or 53a-323; or (E) An offense for which the defendant has not served or completed serving the sentence imposed for such offense, including any period of incarceration, special parole, parole or probation, unless and until the applicable time period prescribed in subdivision (1) of this subsection has elapsed and the defendant has completed serving such sentence. See Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-142a(e)(2). | Ineligible offenses include any conviction designated as a family violence crime, as defined in section 46b-38a; (B) A nonviolent sexual offense or a sexually violent offense, each as defined in section 54-250; (C) Certain class D felony offenses; (D) Class A misdemeanor offense that is a violation of section 53a-61a, 53a-64cc or 53a-323; or (E) An offense for which the defendant has not served or completed serving the sentence imposed for such offense, including any period of incarceration, special parole, parole or probation, unless and until the applicable time period prescribed in subdivision (1) of this subsection has elapsed and the defendant has completed serving such sentence. See Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-142a(e)(2). | No statutory language regarding ineligible offenses. | See Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-142a(j). | See Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-142a(j). | See subsections (8) and (9) for ineligible offenses. D.C. Code §§ 16-801(8), (9). | 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. | No statutory language regarding ineligible offenses. | See D.C. Code § 22-1831(5B). |
| Clearance Process | Petition-based | Petition-based | Petition-based | Petition-based | Petition-based | Automatic | Petition-based | Petition-based | Petition-based | Automatic | Automatic | Automatic | Automatic | By petition or court's own motion | Petition-based | By petition or court's own motion | By petition or court's own motion | Petition-based | Petition-based | Petition-based |
| Waiting Periods | 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 can be filed at any time. | There is no statutory language regarding a waiting period. | There is no statutory language regarding a waiting period. | There is no statutory language regarding waiting periods. | There is no statutory language regarding waiting periods. | There is no statutory language regarding waiting periods. | There is a 7-year waiting period. | There is a 10-year waiting period. | There is no statutory language regarding a waiting period. | The public records are erased upon affirmance after appeal or expiration of time to appeal. | The public records are erased within 13 months of the entry of a nolle prosequi. | The petition may be filed eight years after sentence completion, or sooner if the prosecutor waives the 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. | There is no statutory language as to any waiting period. | There is no waiting period. |
| 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. | There is no statutory language regarding fees. | No fee may be charged, see Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-142v(a)(4). | No fee may be charged, see Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-142v(a)(4). | No fee may be charged. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-142v(a)(4). | No fee may be charged, see Conn Gen. Stat. § 54-142a(k). | No fee may be charged, see Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-142a(k). | There is no statutory language regarding fees. | No fee can be charged. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-142a(e)(2). | No fee can be charged. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-142a(e)(2). | No statutory language. | No statutory language. | No statutory language. | No statutory language. | No statutory language. | There is no statutory language on fees. |
| Effect | 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. | All police and court records and records of the state's or prosecuting attorney are physically destroyed. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-142d. | The conviction is vacated and charges are dismissed. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-95c. | The person is deemed to have never been arrested and can say so under oath. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-142a(g)(2). | The person is deemed to have never been arrested and can say so€¯under oath. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-142a(g)(2). | The person is deemed to have never been arrested and can say so€¯under oath.€¯Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-142a(g)(2). | The person is deemed to have never been arrested and can say so€¯under oath. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-142a(g)(2). | The person is deemed to have never been arrested and can say so€¯under oath.€¯Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-142a(g)(2). | The person is deemed to have never been arrested and can say so€¯under oath.€¯Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-142a(g)(2). | The person is deemed to have never been arrested and can say so under oath. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-142a(e)(3). | If any charge in a case results in conviction, police, court, and state's attorney's records are not erased, but non-conviction charges are erased from public electronic records. As to erased charges, the person is deemed never to have been arrested and can say so under oath. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-142a(e)(3). | The person is deemed to have never been arrested and can say so under oath. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-142a(e)(3). | The person need not disclose the arrest in response to any inquiry except when directly questioned for jury service or in an application to an entity specified in D.C. Code §§ 16-803(m), 16-801(11). | 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). | The person need not disclose the arrest, charge, trial, or conviction in response to any inquiry. D.C. Code § 16-803.02(b)(6). | The person is restored to the status they had before being arrested and need not disclose the arrest in response to any inquiry for any purpose. D.C. Code § 22-1846(i). |
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