Connecticut: Juvenile Court Records and Law Enforcement Records (CT-AR-1)

Records relating to a person whose case was dismissed as not delinquent will be erased immediately without the filing of a petition. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-146.

Record Detail(s)

Found not delinquent

Previous Conviction Disqualifying

No

Mandatory / Discretionary

Mandatory

Hearing

No statutory language

Clearance Process

Automatic

Remedy

Delete

Ineligible Category or Citation

No statutory language regarding ineligible offenses.

Procedure General

The erasure is automatic.

Fees

There is no statutory language regarding fees.

Effect

All references including arrest, complaint, referrals, petitions, reports, and orders will be removed from all agency, official, and institutional files, and a finding of delinquency will be deemed never to have occurred. No child who has been the subject of such an erasure order will be deemed to have been arrested with respect to the erased proceedings. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-146.

Forms

There is no statutory language regarding forms.

Waiting Periods

The record should be erased immediately upon dismissal.

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