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While some states have policies for the automatic destruction
of juvenile records upon the subject reaching the age of
majority, Arizona is not one of them.
That some states do this is borne out by this quote from
a pdf file on the website of the National Conference of
State Legislators, titled 'State Criminal Records' by
Blake Harrison:
"Virginia law, for example, calls for the automatic, annual
expungement of all court records for juveniles who are age
19, provided they meet certain requirements."
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/lis/intjust/2002%20blake.pdf
I searched on FindLaw.com for the terms:
juvenile records seal expunge
http://lawcrawler.findlaw.com/scripts/lc.pl?entry=juvenile+records+seal+expunge&search=Search%21&sites=findlaw
The resulting article, written in response to a concerned
parent asking about sealing his son's records, states:
"Whether you will be able to seal -- sometimes called expunge
-- your son's record depends on the law in your state. Many
states do, indeed, allow juveniles to seal their records if
the offenses were relatively mild and the juvenile has
remained clear of the law for a certain time."
http://criminal.findlaw.com/articles/1486.html
An answer to a similar question by a juvenile offender is
provided on this page from LawForKids.com:
"Arizona Law (A.R.S. S 8-349) states the rule on how to
destroy a juvenile's court records, or 'expunging' one's
file. If you satisfy all of the requirements of this Law
[be at least 19 years of age, not have been convicted of
a felony offense, there are no criminal charges pending,
and completing all of the terms and conditions of court
ordered probation] then you could get your file erased."
http://www.lawforkids.org/QA/Other/Other116.cfm
The Superior Court of Arizona, Maricopa County, has a page
which also answers the question regarding the destruction
of juvenile records:
"Under certain conditions ? Yes. But only a Juvenile Court
Judge can order the destruction, and the person wanting
his record destroyed must file a Request for Destruction
of Records with the Clerk of the Court."
"A person can file a Request for Destruction only for his
own records and must be at least 18 years old to make the
request."
"Parents cannot make requests for the destruction of their
adult child?s juvenile record."
"Requests can be made only for delinquent and incorrigible
records. Dependency, Severance and Adoption Records cannot
be destroyed."
"Arizona law describes the conditions in which records can
be destroyed. ARS 8-349"
http://www.superiorcourt.maricopa.gov/juvenileProb/misc/FAQ/Topics/destroyed.asp
The page above also has links to an application for the
destruction of records, as well as a link to a page which
discusses the conditions surrounding access to and release
of unsealed records by the public:
http://www.superiorcourt.maricopa.gov/juvenileProb/misc/FAQ/Topics/open_to_public.asp
Given the reference above, one can go to the Arizona Revised
Statutes to read ARS 8-349 in its entirety:
'8-349. Destruction of juvenile records; electronic research
records':
http://www.azleg.state.az.us/ars/8/00349.htm
Should you wish to further research the statutes' contents,
you can also search the Statutes from this page, checking
only the Title that is relevant here, Title 8 'Children':
http://www.azleg.state.az.us/ArizonaRevisedStatutes.asp
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Searches done, via Google:
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