HB483 Summary

• Authorizes persons charged with misdemeanor offenses, violations, or traffic violations to petition for expungement of records when charges are dismissed with prejudice, no-billed by grand jury, result in not guilty verdicts, or dismissed without prejudice with two years of clean record.

• Allows persons convicted of violations, misdemeanors, or traffic violations to petition for record sealing after completing probation/parole, waiting three years (five years for domestic violence third degree), and meeting requirements including no violent felony convictions and not being a registered sex offender.

• Permits persons charged with felonies to petition for expungement when charges are dismissed with prejudice, no-billed, result in acquittal, dismissed after drug court/mental health court completion, or dismissed without prejudice with five years of clean record.

• Requires $600 administrative fee distributed to Fair Trial Tax Fund ($300), district/municipal attorney ($75), court clerk ($100), Crime Victim's Compensation Commission ($25), and Department of Public Safety ($100); allows payment plans for indigent petitioners.

• Mandates prosecution notification of victims and 45-day objection period; grants court discretion to consider rehabilitation factors at hearing; requires destruction of records for Section 1 and 3 petitions and sealing for Section 2 convictions, with agencies certifying completion within specified timeframes.