Opinion ID: 2108555
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 7

Heading: Records of arrest to be filed with Clerk of Superior Court; certification of prosecutor; court records; sealing

Text: The prosecutor, within sixty days after the entry of an order under paragraph 5 above directing collection of the movant's arrest records, shall file with the Clerk of the Superior Court all records collected from the central record files of the law enforcement agency responsible for the arrest, along with a certification that to the best of his or her knowledge no further records exist in the possession of the law enforcement agency in its central record files or those of its disseminees, or that, if such records do exist, steps have been taken to retrieve them. The Clerk of the Superior Court shall, upon appropriate direction by the judge, collect all Superior Court records of the criminal case which resulted from the challenged arrest or charge and cause to be purged any computerized record of the criminal proceeding against the movant as a result of the challenged arrest or charge. The Clerk shall file under seal all Superior Court records so retrieved together with all records filed by the prosecutor pursuant to the order of the Court. The Clerk shall restrict any access to these records unless otherwise ordered by a judge of the Superior Court. A judge of the Superior Court may order access to records and files so sealed only upon a showing of compelling need.