§ 31-39-8-6 — Destruction of expunged records not relating to offense that would be a serious violent felony; retention of data

Indiana § 31-39-8-6

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 39: JUVENILE LAW: JUVENILE RECORDS
• Ch. 8: Expungement of Records Concerning Delinquent Child

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(a) This section does not apply to records
relating to a finding that a child committed an offense that would be a
serious violent felony (as defined by IC 35-31.5-2-294). Subject to
subsections (b) and (c), the records shall be destroyed upon a grant of
an expungement petition by the court including an expungement order
issued under section 3.5 of this chapter.
(b) Data from the records in subsection (a) shall be maintained by
the court on a secure data base that does not enable identification of the
offender to the public or another person not having legal or statutory
authority to access the records.
(c) The records maintained in the data base under subsection (b)
may be used only for statistical analysis, research, and financial
auditing purposes.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-8-2(e).]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.22. Amended by P.L.86-2017, SEC.10; P.L.157-2021, SEC.5; P.L.77-2025, SEC.7.