MO HB1200

Increases the expungement petition filing surcharge from $100 to $500, with judges permitted to waive the fee for indigent petitioners

Expands expungement eligibility to include unlimited infractions, up to two ordinance violations or misdemeanors, and one felony offense per person's lifetime

Establishes waiting periods of 3 years for infractions/misdemeanors and 5 years for felonies after completing all sentence requirements before filing for expungement

Excludes certain serious offenses from expungement eligibility, including Class A felonies, dangerous felonies, sex offenses requiring registration, offenses involving death, assault, domestic assault, and kidnapping

Requires records to be sealed rather than destroyed upon expungement, and allows persons with expunged records to answer "no" to employer inquiries about criminal convictions