This morning, Governor Dayton signed legislation into law that drastically expands those eligible for an expungement of their criminal record in Minnesota. Previously, most seeking an expungement were eligible to have only the court records related to their case expunged, leaving many records related to a case still publicly available and preventing those with a criminal record from employment opportunities,...

The Minnesota Supreme Court recently held in In re Welfare of J.J.P. that when a district court is considering an expungement petition on a juvenile’s adjudication of delinquency, the court has statutory authority to expunge the delinquency order from both judicial branch and the executive branch agencies. The Minnesota Supreme Court found that statute allows executive branch agencies to consider...

If you are seeking expungement of a case where you pled guilty to an offense and/or were convicted, you should know there are currently changes being sought to expungement laws that would make expungement a more meaningful remedy for you. The Minnesota Legislature convened on January 8, 2013. Several organizations are currently lobbying state legislators to pass a new statute...

Can you really lock up your court records and throw away the key?  The short answer is, it depends.  You can, but it’s not as easy as turning a key in a lock. What is an Expungement? To request an “expungement of criminal records” is just another way of saying you are asking the court to seal the criminal record,...