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Committee examines "clean slate" proposals, automation costs for criminal record sealing
Summary
Staff reviewed North Dakota law on criminal record sealing and national 'clean slate' models; state officials warned implementation requires significant IT and staffing investment and can take years.
Sarah Barron, staff attorney for the State Court Administrator’s Office, reviewed North Dakota’s current record‑sealing law and national efforts to automate sealing, often called “clean slate” laws. Barron said North Dakota currently allows a person to petition a court to seal records under North Dakota Century Code §12‑60.102 if certain waiting periods have passed (three years for most misdemeanors, five years for many felonies) and other statutory conditions are met. “North Dakota is among 26 states that require an individual to file a petition for proposed criminal record sealing,” Barron said, noting other states have adopted…
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