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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="10-103.1" title_number="10" title_name="Criminal Records" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Expungement of Police and Court Records">
  <level label="a">
    <text>For arrests or confinements occurring on or after October 1, 2007, a person who is arrested or confined by a law enforcement unit and then is released without being charged with the commission of a crime is entitled to expungement of all police records, including photographs and fingerprints, relating to the matter.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Within 60 days after release of a person entitled to expungement of a police record under subsection (a) of this section, the law enforcement unit shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>search diligently for and expunge each police record about the arrest or confinement of the person; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>send a notice of expungement containing all relevant facts about the expungement and underlying arrest or confinement to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the Central Repository;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>each booking facility or law enforcement unit that the law enforcement unit believes may have a police record about the arrest or confinement; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the person entitled to expungement.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Within 60 days after receipt of the notice, the Central Repository, a booking facility, and any other law enforcement unit shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>search diligently for and expunge each police record about the arrest or confinement of the person; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>advise in writing the person entitled to expungement of compliance with the order.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A police record expunged under this section may not be expunged by obliteration until 3 years after the date of expungement.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>During the 3–year period described in paragraph (1) of this subsection, the records shall be removed to a separate secure area to which persons who do not have a legitimate reason for access are denied access.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>For purposes of this subsection, a legitimate reason for accessing the records includes using the records for purposes of proceedings relating to the arrest.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>If a law enforcement unit, a booking facility, or the Central Repository fails to expunge a police record as required under subsection (b) or (c) of this section, the person entitled to expungement may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>seek redress by means of any appropriate legal remedy; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>recover court costs.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>A person who is entitled to expungement under this section may not be required to pay any fee or costs in connection with the expungement.</text>
  </level>
</section>
