MO SB310

Allows individuals to petition circuit courts to expunge records of arrests, pleas, trials, or convictions for eligible offenses, including prostitution, certain drug violations, nonsupport offenses, and most misdemeanors and municipal ordinance violations

Excludes from expungement DWI offenses, sexual offenses, protection order violations, offenses requiring sex offender registration, and traffic offenses by commercial driver's license holders

Requires petitioner to wait at least five years after completing sentence, probation, or parole, remain conviction-free during that five-year period, and have no prior expungement granted under this section

Mandates court hearing at least 30 days after petition filing and requires named entities to destroy expunged records or black them out from physical files, with removal from all state electronic files except circuit court files

Upon expungement, restores person's pre-arrest status and prohibits inquiries about the expunged offense, though records remain available to law enforcement and prosecutors for criminal investigations and prosecutions