Expungement Laws
Maryland Opens Expungement to 'No Finding' Dispositions Under Chapter 465
Maryland Chapter 465 took effect October 1, 2026, opening CP 10-110 expungement to no finding and terminated without finding case dispositions.
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Virginia Record Sealing: What the October 1, 2026 Deadline Actually Changed
Virginia's automatic record sealing reached petit larceny, trespass and marijuana records on July 1, 2026. Here is what the October 1 deadline really did.
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Illinois Court: Five-Year Wait to Expunge Retail-Theft Supervision
An Illinois appellate court ruled that a retail-theft record resolved by court supervision cannot be expunged until five years after supervision ends, not two.
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Missouri Enacts Automatic 'Clean Slate' Expungement for Drug Offenses Under SB 1421
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed SB 1421 on July 8, 2026, creating an automatic expungement system for eligible drug convictions. Here's how it works.
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Illinois Clean Slate Act: Shorter Waiting Periods to Seal Records Take Effect June 30
Illinois HB 1836 takes effect June 30, 2026, cutting misdemeanor sealing waits from 3 to 2 years. Automatic sealing begins January 2029. What changes now.
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Virginia Clean Slate Record Sealing Takes Effect July 1, 2026: What Gets Sealed (2026)
Virginia's Clean Slate law begins July 1, 2026, automatically sealing certain misdemeanors after seven clean years and allowing petitions to seal more records, with no filing fees.
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Delaware Clears 64,000 Records in First Clean Slate Auto Batch (2026)
Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer said on June 1, 2026 the first automated Clean Slate batch cleared over 64,000 eligible low-level cases from public background checks.
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