Can a Juvenile Criminal Record Be Sealed? Attorney Matthew Brown from Combs Waterkotte answers the question “Can a Juvenile Criminal Record Be Sealed?” Juvenile Criminal Defense Lawyers in Missouri.
Jessica Ambuehl: So let’s say a child is arrested and convicted. What happens with their record?
Matt Brown: So the terminology is a little bit different. A juvenile’s never convicted, they’re adjudicated. It means the same thing, but one of the ways the juvenile court does differ is the language they use.
A juvenile that’s been adjudicated, obviously there’s different options. They could go to DYS. It could be probation. Throughout the course of their case, throughout the entire process, the record is always a closed record and it’s a sealed record.
Once that individual is done and completed whatever their punishment might be, the record is closed and sealed at that time. At the age of 21 they have now outgrown the juvenile system, so their record is closed and sealed at that time as well.
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