Confidentiality of Records and Expungements (705 ILCS 405/Article 5, Part 9)
SPECIAL NOTE in reference to the following sections: 705 ILCS 405/1-7; 708 ILCS 405/1-8; 705 ILCS 405/5-905; 705 ILCS 405/5-915: Before releasing any law enforcement record or record of the court, verify if the record should have been sealed or expunged. If the record should have been sealed or expunged, you shall not release that record. Consequences now have penalties and that can be from a Class C misdemeanor offense, up to a class-4 felony offense, with monetary fines along with actual court costs and attorney fees.
B. Expungement of juvenile law enforcement and juvenile court records (705 ILCS 405/5-915):
Expungement eliminates any information identifying a minor who has been arrested and the facts of his or her offense from all juvenile law enforcement and court records.
Important point! When an Order of Expungement of Record is granted, an offense which generates juvenile court system and law enforcement records or files will be treated as if it (the offense) never happened. Nothing prevents the agency from recording the event but the identity of the minor must be erased.
