Effective: October 9, 2006 Latest Legislation: House Bill 137 - 126th General Assembly As used in sections 2151.356 to 2151.358 of the Revised Code:(A) 'Expunge' means to destroy, delete, and erase a record, as appropriate for the record's physical or electronic form or characteristic, so that the record is permanently irretrievable.(B) 'Seal a record' means to remove a record from the main file of similar records and to secure it in a separate file that contains only sealed records accessible only to the juvenile court.
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