MS SB2267

Consolidates Mississippi's expungement laws into a unified statute, defining expungement as the deletion of criminal offense records from public records while maintaining nonpublic records for determining first-offender status

Allows first-time misdemeanor offenders to petition for expungement, and permits multiple misdemeanor expungements after showing rehabilitation and good conduct for 2 years; felony expungement available 5 years after completing sentence, limited to one felony per person

Excludes from felony expungement: crimes of violence, first-degree arson, drug trafficking, third/fourth DUI offenses, felon in possession of firearm, sex offender registration failures, voyeurism, witness intimidation, vulnerable person abuse, and embezzlement

First-offense DUI convictions may be expunged 5 years after sentence completion if blood alcohol was below 0.16%, the person did not refuse testing, has no other DUI convictions, and has not previously received a DUI nonadjudication or expungement

Sets filing fee of $150 for felony expungement petitions in circuit/county court ($140 to State General Fund, $10 to circuit clerk); eliminates fees for cases where charges were dismissed or dropped; requires automatic expungement orders for dismissals and nolle prosequi effective July 1, 2020