Sec. 54-142d. Destruction of record of decriminalized offense.
Sec. 54-142d. Destruction of record of decriminalized offense. Whenever any
person has been convicted of an offense in any court in this state and such offense has
been decriminalized subsequent to the date of such conviction, such person may file a
petition with the superior court at the location in which such conviction was effected,
or with the superior court at the location having custody of the records of such conviction
or with the records center of the Judicial Department if such conviction was in the Court
of Common Pleas, Circuit Court, municipal court or by a trial justice, for an order of
erasure, and the Superior Court or records center of the Judicial Department shall direct
all police and court records and records of the state's or prosecuting attorney pertaining
to such case to be physically destroyed.
(P.A. 83-6.)