Tennessee § 40-32-102 - Officials required to destroy.
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§ 40-32-102. Officials required to destroy.
The chief administrative official of a municipal, county, or state agency and the clerk of each court where the records are recorded shall remove and destroy the records within sixty (60) days from the date of the expunction order issued under § 40-32-101. The Tennessee bureau of investigation shall remove expunged records from the person's criminal history within sixty (60) days from the date of receipt of the expunction order. Acts 1973, ch. 318, § 2; 1978, ch. 641, § 1; T.C.A., § 40-4002; Acts 2015, ch. 295, § 1. Law Reviews. Special Project: Criminal Procedure as Defined by the Tennessee Supreme Court (Julian L. Bibb and Walter Sillers Weems), 30 Vand. L. Rev. (4) 691.
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Section 40-32-102 ("Officials required to destroy.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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