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Law office of Robert D. Scott | Robert Scott
The Public Defender Service may be able to assist you with unsealing your juvenile record.
Answer Applies to: Maryland
Replied: 8/20/2012
Law Office of Michael E. Dailey | Michael E. Dailey
Most juvenile records can be accessed by the individual themselves upon making the proper request and obtaining the permission for the release from the judge. Adoption records will usually the establishment of more reason to justify the release.
Answer Applies to: Missouri
Replied: 8/20/2012
Michael Breczinski | Michael Breczinski
I suspect that if you went to the court you could get copies of your own records.
Answer Applies to: Michigan
Replied: 8/20/2012
Universal Law Group, Inc. | Francis John Cowhig
Go to the clerk's office at the courthouse where your case was filed. They should be able to tell you how to get access to your records.
Answer Applies to: California
Replied: 8/20/2012
Law Office of Eric Sterkenburg | Eric Sterkenburg
Your Juvenile records do appear on your criminal record. Upon your 18th birthday, you are eligible to petition to have your juvenile records sealed . Once sealed, no one can gain access to them and they will be completely destroyed five years from the date of sealing. Juvenile records are not automatically sealed upon your 18th birthday. You must affirmatively petition the juvenile court to have them sealed. You can do this by filing out a form and filing it with the juvenile court in the county in which you were convicted. Contact the juvenile court in the county you were convicted, and ask them to send you a copy of the form used in that county. Check to see if they have any special filing requirements such as additional photocopies or the need to serve copies of the petition on any government agencies, and get the correct information for filing by mail. Usually, there is no fee. If you graduated from the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Justice, your juvenile conviction(s) will have been dismissed as part of your graduation. If you do not petition to have your juvenile records sealed and destroyed, they will remain on your record until your 38th birthday, then they will be destroyed.
Answer Applies to: California
Replied: 8/19/2012
Steven Alpers | Steven Alpers
You could contact the juvenile court where you were convicted, if you did not request sealing request it now.
Answer Applies to: California
Replied: 8/15/2012
Law Office of Phillip Weiser | Phillip L. Weiser
Most likely the records are not available to you and may not even be at the courthouse. They probably are in storage, but they are not public records. If you had an attorney, he may have the information you seek. The records for juvenile cases are sealed.
Answer Applies to: Kansas
Replied: 8/15/2012
Law Office of Richard Williams | Richard Williams
Normally, it takes a court order to unseal juvenile records.
Answer Applies to: Alabama
Replied: 8/15/2012
Mark Thiessen, Attorney at Law | Mark Thiessen
You are the only one that could find them if they exist. Go to that specific court and inquire.
Answer Applies to: Texas
Replied: 8/15/2012
Nelson & Lawless | Terry Nelson
If they were properly sealed, they were also destroyed when you turned 18. Go ask the court.
Answer Applies to: California
Replied: 8/15/2012
Tannehill, Carmean & McKenzie, PLLC | J. Rhea Tannehill, Jr.
Yes. They were sealed, and you cannot have access to them - nor can anyone else.
Answer Applies to: Mississippi
Replied: 8/15/2012
Law Offices of Mark L. Smith | Mark L. Smith
Your records are not available for anyone to observe except prosecution. You will need a court order to view those records.
Answer Applies to: Rhode Island
Replied: 8/15/2012
Leonard A. Kaanta, P.C. | Leonard A. Kaanta
Yes they were sealed.
Answer Applies to: Michigan
Replied: 8/15/2012
Law Office of Brendan M. Kelly | Brendan M. Kelly
The should have been sealed. Just request the files and see what if anything you get.
Answer Applies to: Nebraska
Replied: 8/15/2012
Law Office of Anthony Roach | Anthony Allen Roach
If you have juvenile records in California, you are allowed to see them. If they are records about you, you can see them whether they are sealed or not. In California, juvenile records are not automatically sealed. It takes a special petition to have them sealed.
Answer Applies to: California
Replied: 8/15/2012
Law Office of Charles J. Block | Charles J. Block
Your juvenile record is sealed when your turn 18. You would have to contact the Court wherein you received your juvenile record to see if you can get copies.
Answer Applies to: New Jersey
Replied: 8/15/2012
R. Jason de Groot, P.A | R. Jason de Groot
Yes, no, yes, in that order.
Answer Applies to: Florida
Replied: 8/15/2012
Charles M. Schiff, Attorney at Law | Charles M. Schiff
Yes. If the court has archived the records, it may take a little time to get them but you are definitely entitled to see the records. If you want copies, you will likely pay a copy fee.
Answer Applies to: Minnesota
Replied: 8/15/2012
Cook & Cook Law Firm, PLLC (SanAntonioDefenders) | Megan V. Cook
Juvenile Records are not automatically sealed. If you order your criminal background on the web, you should be able to see the juvenile offenses. If you go to the clerks office for the court that you pled the cases, you can ask where you can obtain your records there as well.
Answer Applies to: Texas
Replied: 8/15/2012
Harden Law Offices | Leonard D. Harden
No records would be available from court. If you had a lawyer that office should still have your records.
Answer Applies to: New Hampshire
Replied: 8/15/2012
Thomas C. Brandstrader Attorney At Law | Thomas C. Brandstrader
Yes.
Answer Applies to: Illinois
Replied: 5/24/2013
Law Office of Christopher G Humphrey PC | Christopher G Humphrey
You have a right to see your own records, but it would be better to just have them expunged. They may be in archives or destroyed after 10 years.
Answer Applies to: Wyoming
Replied: 8/15/2012
Law Office of Ronald G. Draper | Ronald G. Draper
You do have a right to access your records.
Answer Applies to: Illinois
Replied: 8/15/2012
Beaulier Law Office | Maury Beaulier
Yes. You may acquire them with an ID from the courthouse where the case was heard.
Answer Applies to: Minnesota
Replied: 8/15/2012
Dennis P. Mikko Attorney at Law | Dennis P. Mikko
It would depend on what the offense was. It is possible that by now they have been destroyed.
Answer Applies to: Michigan
Replied: 8/15/2012
Law Offices of John Carney | John Carney
You cannot view your juvenile record as it was sealed. You can pay a company to do a record search and see what shows up as your searchable record. Only the police and government agencies can do a NYSID record check on the police computer, but there are ways to check your record on the internet.
Answer Applies to: New York
Replied: 8/15/2012
