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Rules and Forms | Juvenile Law: Record Sealing Forms
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Summary
Summary
Assembly Bill 1877 (Jackson; Stats. 2024, ch. 811) enacted Welfare and Institutions Code section 788, a juvenile record sealing statute. Under the statute, county probation officers are required to initiate a record sealing process for individuals 18 years of age or older upon the termination of juvenile court delinquency jurisdiction. The Family and Juvenile Law Advisory Committee proposes amending three court rules, approving two new forms, and revising four existing forms to implement AB 1877.
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Recommendation
Recommendation
To implement AB 1877, the Family and Juvenile Law Advisory Committee recommends that the Judicial Council, effective January 1, 2027:
1. Approve Request to Seal Juvenile Records--Welfare and Institutions Code Section 788 (form JV 920) and Order on Request to Seal Juvenile Records--Welfare and Institutions Code Section 788 (form JV-921);
2. Amend California Rules of Court, rules 5.830, 5.840, and 5.860; and
3. Revise the following forms:
• Acknowledgment of Juvenile Record Sealed (form JV-591);
• Prosecutor Request for Access to Sealed Juvenile Case File (form JV-592);
• How to Ask the Court to Seal Your Records (form JV-595-INFO); and
• Sealing of Records for Satisfactory Completion of Probation (form JV-596-INFO) and retitle it to Sealing of Records After Completion of Probation.
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