Is a juvenile record open to public inquiries?
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Is a juvenile record open to public inquiries?
Sons were arrested for home invasion. Stealing from a car in open garage. They were 11 and 14 years old. They were fingerprinted on arrest. They pled to misdemeanor larceny. Now they are 19 and 21, with no other run-ins, in college and doing well. Are their records open to internet/computer checks outside of police and/or courts? Or are these “sealed “?
Asked on May 2, 2011 under Criminal Law, Michigan
Answers:
MD, Member, California Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Juvenile records are kept much more confidential from the general public due to the age of the person who committed the crime. The juvenile records should have been sealed but background checks could come back (especially full scale FBI checks) with information. Consider speaking with a criminal defense attorney in Michigan about the laws in your state regarding expungements, sealed or expunged juvenile conviction records and arrests. Further, you never know with the advent of archives systems and others' computer systems if anything of their arrest and conviction could come to light (think newspaper articles, old police reports, blogs, any snippets out there in the web). Also, have your sons check all four credit report reports (experian, trans union, equifax and innovis).
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