California Penal Code

§ 851.91

PEN § 851.91 Effective Jan 1, 2019Title 3 · Part 2 · Ch. 5

Statute text

(a)A person who has suffered an arrest that did not result in a conviction may petition the court to have his or her arrest and related records sealed, as described in Section 851.92.

(1)For purposes of this section, an arrest did not result in a conviction if any of the following are true:

(A)The statute of limitations has run on every offense upon which the arrest was based and the prosecuting attorney of the city or county that would have had jurisdiction over the offense or offenses upon which the arrest was based has not filed an accusatory pleading based on the arrest.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 653, Sec. 1. (AB 2599) Effective January 1, 2019.