1997 Minnesota Statutes

     609A.01 Criminal records expungement. 

    This chapter provides the grounds and procedures for 
 expungement of criminal records under section 13.82; 152.18, 
 subdivision 1; 299C.11, where a petition is authorized under 
 section 609A.02, subdivision 3; or other applicable law.  The 
 remedy available is limited to a court order sealing the records 
 and prohibiting the disclosure of their existence or their 
 opening except under court order or statutory authority.  
 Nothing in this chapter authorizes the destruction of records or 
 their return to the subject of the records. 

    HIST: 1996 c 408 art 9 s 7