Nebraska: Juvenile Court Records and Law Enforcement Records (NE-AR-5)

Records relating to a delinquency adjudication are sealed after the child has successfully completed juvenile probation, supervision, or other treatment or rehabilitation program, or a county court probation or sentence. Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-2,108.03(4).

Record Detail(s)

Completion of diversion or deferral program

Previous Conviction Disqualifying

No statutory language

Mandatory / Discretionary

Mandatory

Hearing

No

Clearance Process

Automatic

Remedy

Seal

Ineligible Category or Citation

There is no statutory language on ineligibility.

Procedure General

The procedure is automatic. For the specific procedure, see Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-2,108.04.

Fees

There is no statutory language on fees.

Effect

The order shall seal all records, including any information or other data concerning any proceedings relating to the offense, including the arrest, taking into custody, petition, complaint, trial, hearing, adjudication, correctional supervision, dismissal, or other disposition or sentence, be deemed never to have occurred. After a record is sealed, the person whose record was sealed can respond to any public inquiry as if the offense resulting in such record never occurred. A government agency and any other public office or agency shall reply to any public inquiry that no information exists regarding a sealed record. Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-2,108.05(2).

Waiting Periods

There is no waiting period.

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