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HB2076: Police and court records; expungement hearing to occur if person granted writ vacating a conviction.
Chief Patron
Del.
Ward Armstrong (D-10)
Ward Armstrong
(D-10)
Martinsville, VA
Served: 1992–
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Status
03/19/2007: signed by governor
Summary
Expungement of police and court records. Allows an expungement hearing to occur immediately following an acquittal or dismissal. The bill also provides an automatic expungement if the convicted person has been granted a writ of actual innocence.
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Patron: Creigh Deeds.
Introduced: 2007-01-08
Status: Signed into Law
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Introduced: January 08, 2007
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Comments
This bill makes good sense, and will hold down the costs of getting an expungement. I have one concern though -- I wish there were some standard set forth as to when expungement would be granted. Right now the standard, de facto, is "It is important enough to me that I am willing to pay a lawyer a bunch of money to go into court, and to do a long,drawn-out process to get it done." That's not a very good standard, but it is better than nothing.