Louisiana record-clearing statutes

These are the Louisiana statutes that govern expungement. Each entry links to the official text.

• What an expunged record is and who may still see it — Art. 973. Effect of expunged record of arrest or conviction
• Arrests with no conviction — refused, dismissed, quashed, acquitted or time-barred; the DWI diversion wait — Art. 976. Motion to expunge record of arrest that did not result in a conviction
• Art. 977. Motion to expunge a record of arrest and conviction of a misdemeanor offense
• Art. 978. Motion to expunge record of arrest and conviction of a felony offense
• The documents that go with the motion — the sixty-day background check, the district attorney's certification, the minutes, the charging instrument — Art. 978.1. Requirements for submitting motion to expunge arrest information
• The objection window and the hearing — Art. 980. Contradictory hearing
• Who the clerk serves with the order — Art. 982. Service of order and judgment of expungement
• The processing fees, their collection at filing and the exemptions — Art. 983. Costs of expungement of a record; fees; collection; exemptions; disbursements