Juvenile Record Sealing Definitions

Application/​Orders Received or Processed

There are two ways applications/orders for record seals can be received (both of which come from the court): those that are automatically sealed by statue and those that are sealed due to application/review/order by the court. The Record Seal Unit, receives applications/orders from the court and investigate/provide a recommendation to the court (on certain types of record seals). The court then makes a ruling and records are sealed as directed by the court.​

​Sealed

Records that are automatically sealed by statue or by court order. ​

Rejected

Applications that are either denied sealing for not meeting the minimum eligibility requirements or by the courts.

​Below are the type of record seals, each are a link that will provide further information regarding the details of the record seal:

WIC 786
WIC 786.5
WIC 793(c)
WIC 781