Sealing of juvenile court records - definitions
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Maine v. Boardman Police Dept., Unpublished Decision (9-20-2006) (2006)
Most recently applied in Maine v. Boardman Police Dept., Unpublished Decision (9-20-2006) (September 2006)
Effective: October 9, 2006; Latest Legislation: House Bill 137 - 126th General Assembly
As used in sections 2151.356 to 2151.358 of the Revised Code:
(A) "Expunge" means to destroy, delete, and erase a record, as appropriate for the record's physical or electronic form or characteristic, so that the record is permanently irretrievable.
(B) "Seal a record" means to remove a record from the main file of similar records and to secure it in a separate file that contains only sealed records accessible only to the juvenile court.
Official source: Ohio Laws & Administrative Rules (Legislative Service Commission). Reproduced from public-domain Ohio statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.