Expungement

Certain criminal and juvenile cases are eligible for automatic expungement. The court has already started the process of automatically expunging certain cases. If you are not able to find records related to your case, it may have already been expunged by the court automatically. See the “Automatic Expungement” section below for more information.

If your case has not already been automatically expunged, is not eligible for automatic expungement, or you want expungement relief beyond what is provided with automatic expungement (for example, you want the Department of Human Services to be included in the expungement order), you may choose to file a petition with the court to ask for your records to be expunged. See the “Petitioning for Expungement” section below for more information.

Source:  MN Judicial Branch web site 

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