Midland Courts

Destruction of Records

Records may be expunged once a person reaches age 18, or one year after disposition or detention, whichever is later. Click the links for procedural instructions to set aside adjudication and forms (JC 66 and JC 105).

Your record may be expunged for up to three offenses if:

You have only one adjudication for an offense that would be a felony if committed by an adult and not more than two adjudications for an offense if committed by an adult that would be a misdemeanor; or

You only have no more than three adjudications for offenses that would be a misdemeanor if committed by an adult.

Multiple adjudications arising out of a series of acts may count as only one offense if the offenses were in a continuous time sequence of 12 hours or less and displayed a single intent and goal and that none of the adjudications constitute any of the following:

(a) An assaultive crime.

(b) An offense involving the use or possession of a weapon.

(c) An offense with a maximum penalty of 10 or more years imprisonment.

A "life offense" (an offense that has life as the maximum sentence) or a Motor Vehicle Code offense that involves the operation of a motor vehicle at the time of the offense cannot be expunged.

If you have an adult felony conviction you cannot have your juvenile record expunged.

An expunged record may still be used for limited court or law enforcement purposes but it is not a public record.

MCR 3.925(E)(2)C "…the court must destroy files and records pertaining to a person’s juvenile offenses when the person becomes 30 years old." This applies to the Court’s files and records, not the Law Enforcement Information Network (LEIN).

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