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Ind. Code § 31-39-8-2

Petition to remove or seal juvenile court records; access to sealed records by law enforcement officers; electronic records

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Perkins v. State (1999)

Most recently applied in Perkins v. State (October 1999)

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.22

Sec. 2. (a) Any person may petition a juvenile court at any time to remove from:

(1) the court's files;

(2) the files of law enforcement agencies; and

(3) the files of any other person who has provided services to a child under a court order;

records pertaining to the person's involvement in juvenile court proceedings that did not result in a finding that a child committed an offense that would be a serious violent felony (as defined by IC 35-31.5-2-294).

(b) Any person may petition a juvenile court at any time to seal records relating to a delinquency proceeding that are maintained in:

(1) the court's files; and

(2) the files of law enforcement agencies.

Sealed records under this subsection that relate to a finding that a child committed an offense that would be a serious violent felony (as defined by IC 35-31.5-2-294) shall be made available to a law enforcement officer acting within the scope of the officer's duties, but may not be made available to the public without a court order.

(c) Electronic records not relating to a finding that a child committed an offense that would be a serious violent felony (as defined by IC 35-31.5-2-294) shall be removed to a secure data base to which the public or another person not having legal or statutory authority to access the records is not granted access to the data base.

Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.