MO SB559

Establishes a $500 surcharge on all expungement petitions, collected by court clerks and paid to the general revenue fund.

Allows persons convicted of eligible offenses to petition for expungement if at least 8 years have passed since completion of sentence, imprisonment, probation, or parole, and no subsequent misdemeanor or felony convictions occurred during that 8-year period.

Eligible offenses for expungement include all felonies except murder (first or second degree), involuntary manslaughter, kidnapping, robbery (first degree), assault (first degree), and sex offenses requiring registration; all misdemeanors except sex offenses requiring registration; and municipal offenses or infractions.

Upon expungement approval, records become confidential and available only to parties or by court order for good cause; person is restored to pre-arrest status and cannot be required to acknowledge the arrest, plea, trial, or conviction.

Requires expungement petitions to include petitioner's personal information, offense details, arrest dates and locations, fingerprints, and case numbers; petition must name all law enforcement agencies, courts, and other entities possessing records subject to expungement.