HB 2072 Summary

• Amends Arizona law to allow persons whose criminal judgments are set aside to request sealing of arrest and conviction records, with courts and law enforcement prohibited from publicly disclosing sealed records.

• Allows sealed record subjects to deny under all circumstances that the arrest and conviction occurred.

• Requires automatic erasure of all law enforcement, prosecuting agency, and court records pertaining to dismissed or vacated charges if no new criminal charge is filed within 13 months after arrest or dismissal.

• Prohibits disclosure of erased records except to the subject upon proof of identity, and requires law enforcement agencies to erase disseminated information upon notification of erasure.

• Defines "record" to include photographs, palm prints, and fingerprints, but excludes official court transcripts prepared by court reporters.