Indiana § 10-13-4-13 - Sealing juvenile history data
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§ 10-13-4-13. Sealing juvenile history data
Sec. 13. (a) When a person who is the subject of juvenile history data on file with the department becomes twenty-two (22) years of age, the department shall seal that person's juvenile history data. However, this subsection does not apply if, after the department receives juvenile history data about a person, the person is arrested for a felony required to be reported to the department under IC 10-13-3.
(b) Except as provided under subsection (c), the department may not release to or allow inspection of sealed juvenile history data by any agency or person other than the person who is the subject of the juvenile history data.
(c) A court may not order the release or inspection of sealed juvenile history data unless the person who is the subject of the sealed juvenile history data challenges its existence during a court proceeding.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 5-2-5.1-14.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.4.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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