Art. 918. Grounds

A. Records and reports of a delinquency matter that did not result in adjudication and records concerning delinquency adjudications for R.S. 14:82, 83.3, 83.4, 89, or 89.2 may be expunged and sealed at any time.

B. Records and reports of a matter that resulted in a finding of Families in Need of Services or an adjudication for any charge other than murder, manslaughter, an offense requiring registration as a sex offender under R.S. 15:542, kidnapping, or armed robbery shall be expunged and sealed only if the court exercising juvenile jurisdiction has ceased to exercise jurisdiction in accordance with Article 313.

C. Records concerning conduct or conditions that resulted in a delinquency adjudication may be expunged and sealed only if all of the following circumstances exist:

(1) The person seeking expungement and sealing has no criminal court felony convictions and no criminal court convictions for misdemeanors against a person involving a firearm.

(2) The person seeking expungement and sealing has no pending indictment or bill of information.

D. If the adjudication was for murder, manslaughter, a sex offense requiring registration under R.S. 15:542, kidnapping, or armed robbery, the child may petition the court for an expungement of his juvenile record when the court has ceased to exercise jurisdiction in accordance with Article 313 and all of the following conditions are met:

(1) Five or more years have elapsed since the person seeking expungement and sealing satisfied the most recent judgment against him.

(2) The person seeking expungement and sealing has no criminal court felony convictions and no criminal court convictions for misdemeanors against a person involving a firearm.

(3) The person seeking expungement and sealing has no pending indictment or bill of information.

Acts 1997, No. 1127, §1, eff. July 14, 1997; Acts 2012, No. 446, §6; Acts 2017, No. 362, §1.