Missouri record-clearing statutes
These are the Missouri statutes that govern expungement. Each entry links to the official text.
- What a closed record is — not destroyed, kept from the public — and who may still see it — 610.120. Records to be confidential — accessible to whom, purposes
- 610.122. Arrest record expunged, requirements
- 610.123. Procedure to expunge, supreme court to promulgate rules — similar to small claims
- 610.124. Destruction of arrest records — removal from all electronic files — FBI requested to expunge — protest to expungement, procedure
- 610.125. Failure to comply with expungement order, penalty — knowingly using expunged record for gain, penalty
- 610.126. Expungement does not deem arrest invalid — department of revenue may retain records necessary for administrative actions on driver's license — power to close or expunge record, limitation
- 610.130. Alcohol-related driving offenses, expunged from records, when — procedures, effect — limitations
- 610.131. Expungement for persons convicted of prostitution
- 610.140. Expungement of certain criminal records — definitions — petition, contents, procedure — effect of expungement on employer inquiry — lifetime limits
- The state-initiated expungement of four drug possession and paraphernalia convictions, weekly screening by the central repository, no later than January 1, 2027; the lifetime limits shared with section 610.140 — 610.141. Automatic expungement of eligible offenses — definitions — retroactive applicability — screening of central repository, when, duties — limit on expungements — report
- Consumer reports must drop an expunged conviction; the employer's and landlord's immunity; the three employment disclosures — 610.143. Full pardon or expungement, certain records not to be reported — violations, attorney general's authority — immunity from liability, when — disclosure of expunged offense, when
- 610.145. Stolen or mistaken identity, expungement of records, procedure