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Clerk of Court highlights expungement outreach, warns House Bill 29 could reduce collections tools
Summary
Clerk Earl B. Turner told the Finance Committee the Clerk’s Office expanded expungement clinics and neighborhood outreach in 2024 but warned recent state legislation (House Bill 29) may remove vehicle registration holds that are central to the court’s collections strategy.
Cleveland — Earl B. Turner, Clerk of the Cleveland Municipal Court, told the council’s finance committee the Clerk’s Office stepped up neighborhood outreach and expungement clinics in 2024 while warning that state House Bill 29 could reduce an important collections tool.
Turner said the Clerk’s Office partnered on “in the neighborhood” events (eight in 2024) and numerous expungement clinics with nonprofit LegalWorks and suburban partners, and that 2024 saw substantial activity resolving past-due parking and traffic tickets and assisting people to avoid tow actions. “When people come to our in the neighborhood events, they often tell us they appreciate new ways of notifying them about outstanding fines,” Turner said.
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