ENROLLED
2018 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 196
BY REPRESENTATIVE MARINO
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact Code of Criminal Procedure Article 978(D), relative to expungement
3 of records of arrest and conviction of a felony offense; to provide relative to the limit
4 on the number of expungements a person may receive in a specified period of time;
5 to remove the limitation for persons whose conviction was set aside and prosecution
6 dismissed; and to provide for related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. Code of Criminal Procedure Article 978(D) is hereby amended and
9 reenacted to read as follows:
10 Art. 978. Motion to expunge record of arrest and conviction of a felony offense
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12 D. Expungement of a record of arrest and conviction of a felony offense
13 shall occur only once with respect to any person during a fifteen-year period. The
14 limitation provided in this Paragraph shall not apply to a person who is seeking the
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1 expungement of his record of arrest and conviction for a conviction that was set aside
2 and the prosecution dismissed pursuant to Article 893(E).
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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