MS SB2305

Consolidates Mississippi's expungement statutes into a unified framework, defining expungement as court-ordered deletion of criminal offense records from public records while maintaining nonpublic records for determining first-offender status

Allows expungement of misdemeanor convictions for first offenders, and permits expungement of multiple misdemeanors after showing rehabilitation and good conduct for 2 years; allows expungement of one felony conviction 5 years after completing all sentence terms, excluding violent crimes, arson, trafficking, sex offenses, and embezzlement

Permits expungement of first-offense DUI convictions 5 years after sentence completion if the person did not refuse testing, had blood alcohol below .16%, has no other DUI convictions, and was not a commercial driver; the Department of Public Safety maintains a confidential registry of DUI expungements

Requires automatic expungement for dismissals and nolle prosequi orders as of July 1, 2020, and allows expungement for arrests without prosecution within 12 months, dismissed charges, and acquittals

Sets a $150 filing fee for circuit/county court expungement petitions ($140 to State General Fund, $10 to circuit clerk) and requires prosecutors to run FBI Interstate Identification Index background checks before expungement hearings