Art. 918. Grounds
A. Records and reports of a delinquency matter that did not result in adjudication and
records concerning delinquency adjudications for R.S. 14:82, 83.3, 83.4, 89, or 89.2 may be
expunged and sealed at any time.
B. Records and reports of a matter that resulted in a finding of Families in Need of
Services or an adjudication for any charge other than murder, manslaughter, an offense
requiring registration as a sex offender under R.S. 15:542, kidnapping, or armed robbery
shall be expunged and sealed only if the court exercising juvenile jurisdiction has ceased to
exercise jurisdiction in accordance with Article 313.
C. Records concerning conduct or conditions that resulted in a delinquency
adjudication may be expunged and sealed only if all of the following circumstances exist:
(1) The person seeking expungement and sealing has no criminal court felony
convictions and no criminal court convictions for misdemeanors against a person involving
a firearm.
(2) The person seeking expungement and sealing has no pending indictment or bill
of information.
D. If the adjudication was for murder, manslaughter, a sex offense requiring
registration under R.S. 15:542, kidnapping, or armed robbery, the child may petition the
court for an expungement of his juvenile record when the court has ceased to exercise
jurisdiction in accordance with Article 313 and all of the following conditions are met:
(1) Five or more years have elapsed since the person seeking expungement and
sealing satisfied the most recent judgment against him.
(2) The person seeking expungement and sealing has no criminal court felony
convictions and no criminal court convictions for misdemeanors against a person involving
a firearm.
(3) The person seeking expungement and sealing has no pending indictment or bill
of information.
Acts 1997, No. 1127, §1, eff. July 14, 1997; Acts 2012, No. 446, §6; Acts 2017, No.
362, §1.