Source: http://kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/statute/021_000_0000_chapter/021_066_0000_article/021_066_0014_section/021_066_0014_k/
Timestamp: 2019-04-20 13:35:48+00:00

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21-6614. Expungement of certain convictions, arrest records and diversion agreements. (a) (1) Except as provided in subsections (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f), any person convicted in this state of a traffic infraction, cigarette or tobacco infraction, misdemeanor or a class D or E felony, or for crimes committed on or after July 1, 1993, any nongrid felony or felony ranked in severity levels 6 through 10 of the nondrug grid, or for crimes committed on or after July 1, 1993, but prior to July 1, 2012, any felony ranked in severity level 4 of the drug grid, or for crimes committed on or after July 1, 2012, any felony ranked in severity level 5 of the drug grid may petition the convicting court for the expungement of such conviction or related arrest records if three or more years have elapsed since the person: (A) Satisfied the sentence imposed; or (B) was discharged from probation, a community correctional services program, parole, postrelease supervision, conditional release or a suspended sentence.
(2) Except as provided in subsections (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f), any person who has fulfilled the terms of a diversion agreement may petition the district court for the expungement of such diversion agreement and related arrest records if three or more years have elapsed since the terms of the diversion agreement were fulfilled.
(d) (1) No person may petition for expungement until five or more years have elapsed since the person satisfied the sentence imposed or the terms of a diversion agreement or was discharged from probation, a community correctional services program, parole, postrelease supervision, conditional release or a suspended sentence, if such person was convicted of a first violation of K.S.A. 8-1567, and amendments thereto, including any diversion for such violation.
(2) No person may petition for expungement until 10 or more years have elapsed since the person satisfied the sentence imposed or was discharged from probation, a community correctional services program, parole, postrelease supervision, conditional release or a suspended sentence, if such person was convicted of a second or subsequent violation of K.S.A. 8-1567, and amendments thereto.
(3) Except as provided further, the provisions of this subsection shall apply to all violations committed on or after July 1, 2006. The provisions of subsection (d)(2) shall not apply to violations committed on or after July 1, 2014, but prior to July 1, 2015.
(19) any conviction for any offense in effect at any time prior to July 1, 2011, that is comparable to any offense as provided in this subsection.
(f) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, for any offender who is required to register as provided in the Kansas offender registration act, K.S.A. 22-4901 et seq., and amendments thereto, there shall be no expungement of any conviction or any part of the offender's criminal record while the offender is required to register as provided in the Kansas offender registration act.
(F) identity of the convicting court, arresting law enforcement authority or diverting authority.
(2) Except as otherwise provided by law, a petition for expungement shall be accompanied by a docket fee in the amount of $176. On and after July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2019, the supreme court may impose a charge, not to exceed $19 per case, to fund the costs of non-judicial personnel. The charge established in this section shall be the only fee collected or moneys in the nature of a fee collected for the case. Such charge shall only be established by an act of the legislature and no other authority is established by law or otherwise to collect a fee.
(3) All petitions for expungement shall be docketed in the original criminal action. Any person who may have relevant information about the petitioner may testify at the hearing. The court may inquire into the background of the petitioner and shall have access to any reports or records relating to the petitioner that are on file with the secretary of corrections or the prisoner review board.
(5) upon commitment to the custody of the secretary of corrections, any previously expunged record in the possession of the secretary of corrections may be reinstated and the expungement disregarded, and the record continued for the purpose of the new commitment.
(j) Whenever a person is convicted of a crime, pleads guilty and pays a fine for a crime, is placed on parole, postrelease supervision or probation, is assigned to a community correctional services program, is granted a suspended sentence or is released on conditional release, the person shall be informed of the ability to expunge the arrest records or conviction. Whenever a person enters into a diversion agreement, the person shall be informed of the ability to expunge the diversion.
(k) (1) Subject to the disclosures required pursuant to subsection (i), in any application for employment, license or other civil right or privilege, or any appearance as a witness, a person whose arrest records, conviction or diversion of a crime has been expunged under this statute may state that such person has never been arrested, convicted or diverted of such crime.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (k)(1), and except as provided in K.S.A. 2018 Supp. 21-6304(a)(3)(A), and amendments thereto, the expungement of a prior felony conviction does not relieve the individual of complying with any state or federal law relating to the use, shipment, transportation, receipt or possession of firearms by persons previously convicted of a felony.
(B) providing information or documentation to the federal bureau of investigation, in connection with the national instant criminal background check system, to determine a person's qualification to possess a firearm.
(m) The provisions of subsection (l)(17) shall apply to records created prior to, on and after July 1, 2011.
History: L. 2010, ch. 136, § 254; L. 2011, ch. 30, § 67; L. 2011, ch. 105, § 35; L. 2012, ch. 66, § 3; L. 2012, ch. 150, § 32; L. 2013, ch. 120, § 19; L. 2013, ch. 133, § 5; L. 2014, ch. 102, § 6; L. 2015, ch. 71, § 4; L. 2016, ch. 78, § 5; L. 2017, ch. 78, § 15; L. 2017, ch. 100, § 8; L. 2018, ch. 106, § 24; July 1.
Section was amended four times in the 2011 session, see also 21-6614a, 21-6614b and 21-6614c.
Section was also amended by L. 2012, ch. 16, § 6, but that version was repealed by L. 2012, ch. 150, § 32.
Section was also amended by L. 2013, ch. 36, § 3, but that version was repealed by L. 2013, ch. 133, § 37.
Section was amended twice in the 2013 session, see also 21-6614d.
Section was amended twice in the 2014 session, see also 21-6614e.
Section was amended twice in the 2015 session, see also 21-6614f.
Section was amended three times in the 2016 session, see also 21-6614g and 21-6614h.
Section was also amended by L. 2017, ch. 80, § 5 and L. 2017, ch. 70, § 3, but those versions was repealed by L. 2017, ch. 100, § 13..

References: § 254
 § 67
 § 35
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 § 32
 § 19
 § 5
 § 6
 § 4
 § 5
 § 15
 § 8
 § 24
 § 6
 § 32
 § 3
 § 37
 § 5
 § 3
 § 13