HLS 16RS-763 ORIGINAL
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 478
BY REPRESENTATIVE IVEY
CRIMINAL/RECORDS: Provides with respect to methods of requesting expunged records
by law enforcement officers
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact Code of Criminal Procedure Article 973(A)(1), relative to
3 expungement of criminal records; to provide relative to the method by which law
4 enforcement officers may request expunged records; and to provide for related
5 matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. Code of Criminal Procedure Article 973(A)(1) is hereby amended and
8reenacted to read as follows:
9 Art. 973. Effect of expunged record of arrest or conviction
10 A. An expunged record of arrest or conviction shall be confidential and no
11 longer considered to be a public record and shall not be made available to any person
12 or other entity except for the following:
13 (1) To a member of a law enforcement or criminal justice agency or
14 prosecutor who shall request that information in writing, certifying that the request
15 is for the purpose of investigating, prosecuting, or enforcing criminal law, for the
16 purpose of any other statutorily defined law enforcement or administrative duties,
17 or for the purposes of the requirements of sex offender registration and notification
18 pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 15:540 et seq.
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are additions. HLS 16RS-763 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 478
DIGEST
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part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 478 Original 2016 Regular Session Ivey
Abstract: Deletes the requirement that a request for expunged records by law enforcement
officers be made in writing.
Present law allows a law enforcement officer, criminal justice agency, or prosecutor to
obtain expunged records for investigative and other purposes but requires that such a request
be made in writing.
Proposed law removes the requirement that the request for expungement records be made
in writing.
(Amends C.Cr.P. Art. 973(A)(1))
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