Connecticut: Adult Convictions (CT-C-6)

Records relating to manufacturing, distributing, selling, prescribing, compounding, transporting with the intent to sell or dispense, possessing with the intent to sell or dispense, offering, giving, or administering to another person a marijuana-type substance and involving less than or equal to four ounces or six plants grown inside such person's own primary residence for personal use, may be erased by the court. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-142v(a).

Record Detail(s)

Decriminalized

Previous Conviction Disqualifying

No

Mandatory / Discretionary

Mandatory

Hearing

No

Clearance Process

Petition-based

Remedy

Delete

Ineligible Category or Citation

No statutory language regarding ineligible offenses.

Procedure General

A petition must be filed for an order of erasure. For the specific procedure, see Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-142v(a).

Fees

No fee may be charged. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-142v(a)(4).

Effect

The person is deemed to have never been arrested and can say so€¯under oath. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-142a(g)(2).

Forms

There is no statutory language regarding forms.

Waiting Periods

There is no statutory language regarding waiting periods.

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