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juveniles; requiring a court to expunge certain police and
court records under certain circumstances; authorizing a
court to expunge certain records relating to charges
transferred to juvenile court jurisdiction that resulted in
an adjudication of a child as a delinquent when the child
reaches a certain age; and generally relating to the
expungement of certain police and court records of
juveniles.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 737

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1987 Replacement Volume and 1988 Supplement)

(As enacted by Chapter 623 of the Acts

of the General Assembly of 1988)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

737.

(a) A person charged with the commission of a crime may
file a petition setting forth the relevant facts and requesting
expungement of the police records, court records, and other
records maintained by the State of Maryland and its subdivisions,
pertaining to the charge if:

(1)  The person is acquitted,

(2)  The charge is otherwise dismissed or quashed,

(3)  A judgment of probation without finding a verdict
or probation on stay of entry of judgment is entered,

(4)  A nolle prosequi is entered,

(5)  The proceeding is placed on the stet docket,

(6)  The case is compromised pursuant to Article 10, §
37 of this Code, [or]

(7)  The person is convicted of only one criminal act,
which is not a crime of violence, and is subsequently granted a
full and unconditional pardon by the Governor, OR

(8)  THE CHARGE WAS TRANSFERRED TO JUVENILE COURT
JURISDICTION UNDER ARTICLE 27, § 594A.

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