SB487

Senate Bill 487 amends Arkansas law regarding the expungement and destruction of juvenile delinquency records. The bill clarifies retention timelines for felony delinquency adjudications involving violence, specifying that such records are to be kept for ten years following the last adjudication or adult finding of guilt. For other delinquency adjudications, the bill mandates that records be expunged when an individual reaches the age of twenty-one. It also provides that courts retain the discretion to expunge other juvenile records at any time and mandates the expungement of delinquency, dependency-neglect, and family in need of services records upon the individual turning twenty-one. Finally, the bill redefines 'expunge' for the purposes of this statute to mean 'seal' as defined in existing state law.