Massachusetts record-clearing statutes
These are the Massachusetts statutes that govern sealing and expungement. Each entry links to the official text.
- Section 100A: Requests to seal files; conditions; application of section; effect of sealing of records
- Section 100B: Requests to seal delinquency files or records; conditions; sealing by commissioner; notice for compliance; effect of sealing; limited disclosure
- Section 100C: Sealing of records or files in certain criminal cases; effect upon employment reports; enforcement
- Section 100D: Availability of sealed criminal record information
- Section 100E: Definitions applicable to Secs. 100E through 100U
- Section 100F: Petition for expungement of record as adjudicated delinquent or youthful offender
- Section 100G: Petition for expungement of record of conviction
- Section 100H: Petition for expungement of record without adjudication as delinquent or youthful offender or conviction
- Section 100I: Certification of eligibility for expungement
- Section 100J: Offenses excluded from eligibility of record for expungement
- Section 100K: Expungement of record resulting from false identification, an offense no longer a crime at time of expungement, error or fraud
- Section 100K 1/4: Expungement of record resulting from certain possession or cultivation of marijuana offenses
- Section 100L: Duty of clerk of court and commissioner of criminal justice information to expunge court records and police logs upon order issued under Secs. 100F, 100G, 100H or 100K
- Section 100M: Failure to acknowledge expunged record as basis for perjury or false statement
- Section 100N: Employment applications and trade or professional licensures; effect of expunged records
- Section 100O: Petitions for expungement and related records excluded as public records
- Section 100P: Exclusion of general public from proceedings relating to petition for expungement
- Section 100Q: Sealed or expunged records not to be available for inspection
- Section 100R: Waiver of right to expunge as condition of plea deal
- Section 100S: Negligence claims; employers and landlords presumed to have no notice of seal, expunged or otherwise protected records
- Section 100T: Notice of sealed and expunged records to Federal Bureau of Investigation and United States Department of Justice
- Section 100U: Administration and enforcement of Secs. 100E to 100T