N.J.S.A. 2C:52-16. Expunged Record Including Names of Persons other than Petitioner

N.J.S.A. 2C:52-16. Expunged record including names of persons other than petitioner:

Any record or file which is maintained by a judicial or law enforcement agency, or agency in the criminal justice system, which is the subject of an order of expungement which includes the name or names of persons other than that of the petitioner need not be isolated from the general files of the agency retaining same if the other persons named in said record or file have not been granted an order of expungement of said record, provided that a copy of the record shall be given to the person designated in N.J.S.A. 2C :52-15 and the original shall remain in the agency’s general files with the petitioner’s name and other personal identifiers obliterated and deleted.

N.J.S.A. 2C:52-16.  This page has been updated in accordance with the revisions to New Jersey’s expungement laws, which took effect on June 15, 2020.