§ 31-39-8-6.5 — Seal of expunged records relating to offense that would be a serious violent felony; access to sealed records by law enforcement officers; retention of data

Indiana § 31-39-8-6.5

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

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5. (a) This section applies 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). Records shall be
sealed upon a grant of an expungement petition by the court. Sealed
records under this section shall be made available to a law enforcement
officer acting within the scope of the officer's duties, but, except as
provided in subsections (b) and (c), may not be made available to the
public without a court order.
(b) The court may maintain data from the records in subsection (a)
on a secure data base, separate from the data base to which a law
enforcement officer and persons with a court order have access, 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.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.77-2025, SEC.8.