Below you will find state-specific information on criminal records and expungement (where available online), from sources such as state judiciaries, attorneys general, and state police agencies.
Alabama | Computerized Criminal History System
(Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center) |
Alaska | Criminal Records FAQs
(Alaska Department of Public Safety) |
Arizona | Criminal History Records
(State of Arizona – Department of Public Safety) |
Arkansas | Criminal Background Check
(Arkansas State Police) |
California | Clean Up Your Criminal Record
(California Courts Self-Help Center) |
Colorado | Forms: Sealing of Criminal Records
(Colorado Judicial Branch) |
Connecticut | Connecticut Law About Criminal Records
(Connecticut Judicial Branch) |
Delaware | Expungement of Criminal Records
(Delaware Code) |
District of Columbia | Sealing and Expungement of Records
(Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia) |
Florida | Seal and Expunge Process
(Florida Department of Law Enforcement) |
Georgia | Obtaining Criminal History Record Information
(Georgia Bureau of Investigation) |
Hawaii | Expungements
(Hawaii Attorney General) |
Idaho | Criminal History Information
(Idaho State Police) |
Illinois | Expungement Information
(Office of the State Appellate Defender ) |
Indiana | Limited Criminal History Search
(Indiana State Police) |
Iowa | Criminal History Records
(Iowa Department of Public Safety) |
Kansas | Criminal History Record Check
(Kansas Bureau of Investigation) |
Kentucky | Petition/Motion for Expungement [PDF file]
(Commonwealth of Kentucky Court of Justice) |
Louisiana | Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information
(Louisiana State Police) |
Maine | Criminal History Records Requests
(Maine Courts) |
Maryland | Expungement
(District Court of Maryland) |
Massachusetts | Requests to Seal Files
(General Laws of Massachusetts Ch. 276:100A) |
Michigan | Getting an Adult Criminal Conviction Removed
(Michigan Courts) |
Minnesota | What is Criminal Expungement?
(Minnesota Judicial Branch) |
Mississippi | Expunction (MS Statute) |
Missouri | Petition for Expungement of Arrest Records [PDF file]
(Missouri Courts) |
Montana | Background Checks
(Montana Department of Justice) |
Nebraska | How to find criminal history reports in Nebraska |
Nevada | Sealing Records After Conviction, etc.
(Nevada Revised Statutes) |
New Hampshire | Criminal Records FAQs
(New Hampshire Department of Safety) |
New Jersey | How to Expunge Your Criminal Record [PDF file]
(New Jersey Judiciary) |
New Mexico | New Mexico State Central Repository for Criminal History
(New Mexico Department of Public Safety) |
New York | Personal Criminal History Record Review Program
(New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services) |
North Carolina | North Carolina Offender Information
(North Carolina Department of Correction) |
North Dakota | Criminal History Record Information
(North Dakota Attorney General) |
Ohio | Criminal Justice Information System
(Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services) |
Oklahoma | Expungement Questions
(Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation) |
Oregon | How Do I Clear My Juvenile or Criminal Record?
(Oregon Courts) |
Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania Access to Criminal History
(State of Pennsylvania) |
Rhode Island | Criminal Information Search
(Judiciary of Rhode Island) |
South Carolina | State Criminal Records Check
(State of South Carolina) |
South Dakota | Computerized Criminal History System
(South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation) |
Tennessee | Order for the Expungement of Criminal Offender Record [PDF file]
(Tennessee Supreme Court) |
Texas | Crime Records Service
(Texas Department of Public Safety) |
Utah | Expunging a Record
(Utah Courts) |
Vermont | Expungement-Sealing-Pardon Information
(Vermont Criminal Information Center) |
Virginia | Instructions for Petition for Expungement [PDF file]
(Virginia Courts) |
Washington | Criminal History Records
(Washington State Patrol) |
West Virginia | Expungement of certain criminal convictions; procedures; effect
(WV Statute) |
Wisconsin | Pardons, Etc.[includes links to expungement information]
(Wisconsin State Law Library) |
Wyoming | Criminal History Checks
(Wyoming Attorney General) |
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