Source: http://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2018/RS/com_amends/SB491%20H%20JUD%20AM%20_1.htm
Timestamp: 2019-11-18 19:02:31
Document Index: 40507695

Matched Legal Cases: ['§59', '§61', '§61', '§61', '§61', '§17', '§61']

SB491 H JUD AM #1
Reese 3919
“ARTICLE 11. GENERAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING CRIMES.
(a) Any person convicted of a misdemeanor offense or offenses arising from the same transaction an offense committed while he or she was between the ages of 18 and 26, inclusive, may, pursuant to the provisions of this section, petition the circuit court in which the conviction or convictions occurred for expungement of the conviction or convictions and the records associated therewith. The clerk of the circuit court shall charge and collect in advance the same fee as is charged for instituting a civil action pursuant to §59-1-11(a)(1) of this code for a petition for expungement: Provided, That, in addition to the fee required by the provisions of this subsection, a petitioner shall pay a fee of $100 that shall be forwarded to the Superintendent of the West Virginia State Police and deposited into a nonappropriated special revenue account within the State Treasurer’s office to be known as the West Virginia State Police Criminal History Account.
(e) Upon receipt of a petition for expungement, the Superintendent of the State Police; the prosecuting attorney of the county of conviction; the chief of police or other executive head of the municipal police department wherein the offense was committed; the chief law-enforcement officer of any other law-enforcement agency which participated in the arrest of the petitioner; the superintendent or warden of any institution in which the petitioner was confined; the magistrate court or municipal court which disposed of the petitioner's criminal charge; all other state and local government agencies whose records would be affected by the proposed expungement and any other interested individual or agency that desires to oppose the expungement shall, within 30 days of receipt of the petition, file a notice of opposition with the court with supporting documentation and sworn statements setting forth the reasons for resisting the petition for expungement. A copy of any notice of opposition with supporting documentation and sworn statements shall be served upon the petitioner in accordance with trial court rules. The petitioner may file a reply no later than 10 days after service of any notice of opposition to the petition for expungement.
(i) No person shall be eligible for expungement of a conviction and the records associated therewith pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section for any violation involving the infliction of serious physical injury; involving the provisions of §61-8
B-1 et seq. of this code where the petitioner was 18 years old, or older, at the time the violation occurred and the victim was 12 years of age, or younger, at the time the violation occurred; involving the use or exhibition of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument; of the provisions of §61-2-9(b) or §61-2-9(c) of this code where the victim was a spouse, a person with whom the person seeking expungement had a child in common or with whom the person seeking expungement ever cohabitated prior to the offense; any violation of the provisions of §61-2-28 of this code; a conviction for driving under the influence of alcohol, controlled substances or a conviction for a violation of §17B-4-3 of this code or §61-8-19 of this code.
(j) If the court grants the petition for expungement, it shall order the sealing of all records in the custody of the court and expungement of any records in the custody of any other agency or official, including law-enforcement records. Every agency with records relating to the arrest, charge or other matters arising out of the arrest or conviction that is ordered to expunge records shall certify to the court within 60 days of the entry of the expungement order that the required expungement has been completed. All orders enforcing the expungement procedure shall also be sealed. For the purposes of this section, "records" do not include the records of the Governor, the Legislature or the Secretary of State that pertain to a grant of pardon. Such records that pertain to a grant of pardon are not subject to an order of expungement. The amendment to this section during the fourth extraordinary session of the Legislature in the year 2009 is not for the purpose of changing existing law, but is intended to clarify the intent of the Legislature as to existing law regarding expungement.
(l) Inspection of the sealed records in the court's possession may thereafter be permitted by the court only upon a motion by the person who is the subject of the records or upon a petition filed by a prosecuting attorney that inspection and possible use of the records in question are necessary to the investigation or prosecution of a crime in this state or another jurisdiction. If the court finds that the interests of justice will be served by granting a petition to inspect the sealed record, it may be granted.”