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2151.355 Sealing of juvenile court records - definitions.
As used in sections 2151.356 to 2151.358 of the Revised Code:
(A) “Expunge” means to destroy, delete, and erase a record, as appropriate for the record’s physical or electronic form or characteristic, so that the record is permanently irretrievable.
(B) “Seal a record” means to remove a record from the main file of similar records and to secure it in a separate file that contains only sealed records accessible only to the juvenile court.
Effective Date: 07-11-2006
