IC 31-39-8-6.5 — Seal of expunged records relating to offense that would be a serious violent felony; access to sealed records by law enforcement officers; retention of data
Chapter 8. Expungement of Records Concerning Delinquent Child or Child in Need of Services
Section text
Sec. 6.5. (a) This section applies to records relating to a finding that a child committed an offense that would be a serious violent felony (as defined by IC 35-31.5-2-294). Records shall be sealed upon a grant of an expungement petition by the court. Sealed records under this section shall be made available to a law enforcement officer acting within the scope of the officer's duties, but, except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), may not be made available to the public without a court order. (b) The court may maintain data from the records in subsection (a) on a secure data base, separate from the data base to which a law enforcement officer and persons with a court order have access, that does not enable identification of the offender to the public or another person not having legal or statutory authority to access the records. (c) The records maintained in the data base under subsection (b) may be used only for statistical analysis, research, and financial auditing purposes.
As added by P.L.77-2025, SEC.8.
Source: official publisher (2026 edition)