Expungement and Criminal Records: State-Specific Information
Download article as a PDFBelow you will find state-specific information on criminal records and expungement (where available online), from sources such as state judiciaries, attorneys general, and state police agencies.
| Alabama |
Computerized
Criminal History System
(Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center) |
| Alaska |
Criminal
Records FAQs
(Alaska Department of Public Safety) |
| Arizona |
Criminal
History Records
(State of Arizona - Department of Public Safety) |
| Arkansas |
Criminal
Background Check
(Arkansas State Police) |
| California |
Clean
Up Your Criminal Record
(California Courts Self-Help Center) |
| Colorado |
Forms:
Sealing of Criminal Records
(Colorado Judicial Branch) |
| Connecticut |
Connecticut
Law About Criminal Records
(Connecticut Judicial Branch) |
| Delaware |
Expungement
of Criminal Records
(Delaware Code) |
| District of Columbia | Sealing
and Expungement of Records
(Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia) |
| Florida |
Seal and Expunge
Process
(Florida Department of Law Enforcement) |
| Georgia |
Obtaining
Criminal History Record Information
(Georgia Bureau of Investigation) |
| Hawaii |
Expungements
(Hawaii Attorney General) |
| Idaho |
Criminal
History Information
(Idaho State Police) |
| Illinois |
Expungement
Information
(Office of the State Appellate Defender ) |
| Indiana |
Limited
Criminal History Search
(Indiana State Police) |
| Iowa |
Criminal
History Records
(Iowa Department of Public Safety) |
| Kansas |
Criminal
History Record Check
(Kansas Bureau of Investigation) |
| Kentucky |
Petition/Motion
for Expungement [PDF file]
(Commonwealth of Kentucky Court of Justice) |
| Louisiana |
Bureau of
Criminal Identification and Information
(Louisiana State Police) |
| Maine |
Criminal History Records
Requests
(Maine Courts) |
| Maryland |
Expungement
(District Court of Maryland) |
| Massachusetts |
Requests
to Seal Files
(General Laws of Massachusetts Ch. 276:100A) |
| Michigan |
Getting
an Adult Criminal Conviction Removed
(Michigan Courts) |
| Minnesota |
What
is Criminal Expungement?
(Minnesota Judicial Branch) |
| Mississippi | Expunction (MS Statute) |
| Missouri |
Petition
for Expungement of Arrest Records [PDF file]
(Missouri Courts) |
| Montana |
Background
Checks
(Montana Department of Justice) |
| Nebraska | How to find criminal history reports in Nebraska |
| Nevada |
Sealing
Records After Conviction, etc.
(Nevada Revised Statutes) |
| New Hampshire |
Criminal
Records FAQs
(New Hampshire Department of Safety) |
| New Jersey |
How
to Expunge Your Criminal Record [PDF file]
(New Jersey Judiciary) |
| New Mexico |
New
Mexico State Central Repository for Criminal History
(New Mexico Department of Public Safety) |
| New York |
Personal
Criminal History Record Review Program
(New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services) |
| North Carolina |
North Carolina
Offender Information
(North Carolina Department of Correction) |
| North Dakota |
Criminal
History Record Information
(North Dakota Attorney General) |
| Ohio |
Criminal Justice
Information System
(Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services) |
| Oklahoma |
Expungement
Questions
(Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation) |
| Oregon |
How
Do I Clear My Juvenile or Criminal Record?
(Oregon Courts) |
| Pennsylvania |
Pennsylvania
Access to Criminal History
(State of Pennsylvania) |
| Rhode Island |
Criminal
Information Search
(Judiciary of Rhode Island) |
| South Carolina |
State
Criminal Records Check
(State of South Carolina) |
| South Dakota |
Computerized
Criminal History System
(South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation) |
| Tennessee |
Order
for the Expungement of Criminal Offender Record [PDF file]
(Tennessee Supreme Court) |
| Texas |
Crime
Records Service
(Texas Department of Public Safety) |
| Utah |
Expunging a
Record
(Utah Courts) |
| Vermont |
Expungement-Sealing-Pardon
Information
(Vermont Criminal Information Center) |
| Virginia |
Instructions
for Petition for Expungement [PDF file]
(Virginia Courts) |
| Washington |
Criminal
History Records
(Washington State Patrol) |
| West Virginia |
Expungement
of certain criminal convictions; procedures; effect
(WV Statute) |
| Wisconsin |
Pardons,
Etc.[includes links to expungement information]
(Wisconsin State Law Library) |
| Wyoming |
Criminal
History Checks
(Wyoming Attorney General) |