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Sealing of records

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-004404

A legal process that hides a person's criminal or juvenile records from public view. While the record still exists, it is not accessible through standard background checks by employers or landlords. This differs from expungement, which involves the physical destruction or complete erasure of the record, making it as if the event never occurred.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-004404
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "definition": "A legal process that hides a person's criminal or juvenile records from public view. While the record still exists, it is not accessible through standard background checks by employers or landlords. This differs from expungement, which involves the physical destruction or complete erasure of the record, making it as if the event never occurred.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/sealing-of-records/"
}

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