Source: http://dccode.elaws.us/code?no=16-806
Timestamp: 2020-01-27 00:08:12
Document Index: 713920076

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 16', '§ 16', '§ 16', '§ 16', '§ 16', '§ 16', '§ 16', '§ 16', '§ 16']

§ 16-806. Availability of sealed records.
(a) Records sealed on grounds of actual innocence pursuant to § 16-802 shall be opened only on order of the Court upon a showing of compelling need, except that, upon request, the movant shall be entitled to a copy of the sealed records to the extent that such records would have been available to the movant before relief under § 16-802 was granted. A request for access to sealed court records may be made ex parte.
(b) Records retained in a nonpublic file pursuant to § 16-803 shall be available:
(4) To any person or entity identified in § 16-801(11)(D), (E), or (F), but only to the extent that such records would have been available to such persons or entities before relief under § 16-803 was granted. Such records may be used for any lawful purpose, including:
(5) To the movant or the authorized representative of the movant, upon request, but only to the extent that such records would have been available to the movant before relief under § 16-803 was granted.
(c) Any person, upon making inquiry of the Court concerning the existence of records of arrest, court proceedings, or convictions involving an individual, shall be entitled to rely, for any purpose under the law, upon the clerk's response that no records are available under § 16-802(h)(7) or § 16- 803(l)(5) with respect to any issue about that person's knowledge of the individual's record.