S.455

Makes certain amendments to expungement statutes to reduce filing burdens and expand eligibility.

Introduced·1/13/26
Introduced Text

New Jersey S455 amends expungement statutes to reduce filing burdens and expand eligibility.

New Jersey S455 makes several changes to the state's expungement statutes. It allows an expungement petitioner to include all municipal ordinance violations and juvenile delinquency adjudications that may also be eligible to be expunged on a single petition, along with their other expungeable convictions. It expands the availability of "Clean Slate" expungements by including automatic expungement of juvenile adjudications and reducing the waiting period from ten to seven years. It also eliminates a barrier to expungement posed by out-of-state or federal convictions.

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Current
Judiciary Committee
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History

Jan 13

Senate

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee