When a minor turns 18 if they have a criminal record is it wiped clean ????????

Answer 1

here is a site for u to read that will help u with ur question....

http://www.clcm.org/sealing_records.htm

also....not sure what state u live in but just search the internet with what state u live in and sealing juvenile records..

Answer 2

I'm a probation officer, and I request NCIC checks of individuals whenever I do presentence investigation (PSI) reports on individuals. When I request the criminal histories of adults, I get their complete criminal record, including juvenile offenses. I've received juvenile records from just about every state. The only offenses that I don't find out about are those which were legally expunged.

If you don't have an extensive juvenile criminal history, you can request that the court expunge your juvenile record. If you didn't successfully complete your juvenile sentence, or if you have multiple arrests as a juvenile, the court might not agree to expungement.

Expungement means that the records are completely destroyed. No one can access those records. If the records aren't expunged, they can't be seen my most people, but they are still accessible to some, including law enforcement, the military, and the courts.

If the records are not expunged, they can be found, especially through an NCIC background check. If you get arrested as an adult, or if you are trying to join the military, or if you are trying to get certain security clearances, your juvenile record will factor into the situation, unless the records are expunged, or iunless the judge in your juvenile case stipulated that the records are to be sealed. (And judges don't add that stipulation as a matter of course. They only do that in certain cases.)

I use that information to come up with terms of probation for the offender. If the person has an extensive criminal history, even as a juvenile, I can use that information to recommend harsher sentences that I would if the person doesn't have an extensive criminal record.

If the person successfully completed a detention sentence or probation as a juvenile, I'm more likely to recommend probation, since they have a proven history of following a criminal sentence. If they were not successful in their detention or probation as a juvenile, I'm less likely to recommend probation, since they have a history of not following supervision.

Answer 3

Its like any other criminal record. When a conviction is spent it won't come up on a CRB check unless the 18 year old applies for a job which seeks spent convictions as well as unspent.

The time limits for a conviction to become spent differs for a youth and an adult and even if they were convicted on the eve of their 18th birthday they would have the time limits of a minor.

Best that the 18 year old grows up now and keeps that 18 year old nose clean and out of trouble!

Answer 4

Wow... lots of different answers, huh?

The bottom line is, it differs from state to state. In CA your record is NOT wiped clean... but juvenile records are highly confidential and can only be accessed by Court order, under specific circumstances... to be used against you in adult court.

Background checks will also show juvenile offenses.. although most low-end backgrounds won't show them... (like for standard employment screening)

Juvenile records are NEVER completely wiped away. You CAN petition the court to have the record sealed... but a DOJ background (military Secret clearances, etc) will still show them.

And, juveniles do not just get off probation automatically when they turn 18... in CA we can keep someone on juvenile probation until they are 21 years old.

Answer 5

Only if this minor received a caution (police warning) for a minor first offence.

If this minor was convicted of an offence he/she would have to wait until the conviction has been 'spent'. It takes about 10 years for most convictions to be spent. Spent means that the offence happened so long ago that it is no longer relevant to anything. If your conviction is spent you do not have to refer to it in job applications unless you are asked to do so.

In any event, all criminal cautions and convictions whether expired or spent will always remain on your record.. showing that you have HAD those convictions or cautions.

Answer 6

It is not automatically wiped clean you must ask for this record to be sealed. I used a company to get my record expunged that most likely can assist you. It is recordsremoval.com


According to the Texas Juvenile Law:
That record is a permanent record that is not destroyed or erased unless the record is eligible for sealing and the child or the child's family hires a lawyer to file a petition in court to have the record sealed

Answer 7

The record always exists, but cant be used against you unless you commit murder or something close to it....I was a ward of the court until I was 18, I had felonies, my probation officer went to court and had my records sealed.
Thats probably the best way to go, that is if you plan on staying clean and keeping out of trouble from now on.

Answer 8

Criminal Record Search Database : http://www.SearchVerifyInfos.com/Help

Answer 9

A criminal record is for life. It follows that person, the criminal until the day they die. There is no wipe off and no let off.

Answer 10

depends on what the crime was. If its something small like minor shop lifting then yes but if its major felony then no they use to wipe everything but leave on big things