2013 Louisiana Laws
Children's Code
CHC 918 - Grounds

Art. 918. Grounds

A. Records concerning conduct or conditions that did not result in adjudication may be expunged.

B. Records concerning conduct or conditions that resulted in a misdemeanor adjudication may be expunged only if two or more years have elapsed since the person satisfied the most recent judgment against him.

C. Records concerning conduct or conditions that resulted in a felony adjudication may be expunged only if:

(1) The adjudication was not for murder, manslaughter, any sexual crime, kidnapping, or armed robbery.

(2) Five or more years have elapsed since the person satisfied the most recent judgment against him.

(3) The person has no criminal court felony convictions and no criminal court convictions for misdemeanors involving a weapon.

(4) The person has no outstanding indictment or bill of information charging him.

D. Records concerning conduct or conditions that resulted in a misdemeanor or felony adjudication for R.S. 14:82, 83.3, 83.4, 89, or 89.2 may be expunged upon petition to the court and upon a showing that, during the time of the commission of the offense, the person seeking the expungement was a victim of trafficking of children for sexual purposes pursuant to R.S. 14:46.3(E) provided that the person has no outstanding indictment or bill of information charging him.

Acts 1997, No. 1127, §1, eff. July 14, 1997; Acts 2012, No. 446, §6.