Minnesota record-clearing statutes

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

• expungement without petition (automatic) — Minn. Stat. § 609A.025
• petition to expunge criminal records — Minn. Stat. § 609A.03
• Chapter 609A. Expungement
• automatic expungement of records (the Clean Slate Act): eligibility, the waiting periods, the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension seals without a petition — Minn. Stat. § 609A.015
• grounds for order: who may petition, the waiting periods since discharge of the sentence, the felony list, the registration bar — Minn. Stat. § 609A.02
• automatic expungement of certain cannabis offenses — Minn. Stat. § 609A.055
• identification data furnished to the bureau: an arrest with no charge, or dismissed before probable cause, destroyed on demand without a petition — Minn. Stat. § 299C.11