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Record
Sealing Procedure
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Procedures for sealing records maintained by
Cowlitz County Juvenile Department: When you come in to the Juvenile
Department, you will be asked to fill out a record sealing request
form.
Besides your current residence and phone number, you will asked to list all
previous addresses at which you've lived since your release from probation.
Once you have submitted the form, Juvenile Department staff will prepare a
Motion and Affidavit for Order Sealing Records and will set a court
date approximately six weeks out. You will be notified either by phone or mail
that this document is ready for your signature. It is your responsibility to
come in and sign this document. The record sealing cannot proceed without your
signature.
Once the Motion and Affidavit for Order Sealing Records is
signed, you will be given a copy of the Motion and Affidavit and a
copy of the Notice of Hearing to Seal Records for your records.
Copies of the Notice of Hearing to Seal Records will be sent to
all law enforcement agencies within Cowlitz County, the Washington State Patrol
and the Cowlitz County Prosecuting Attorney's Office. If their records show
that you have no pending criminal actions and that you have not committed any
criminal offenses since you were released from Juvenile Court probation, a
member of the Juvenile Department staff (usually a probation officer) will
present your Motion and Affidavit to the court on the date in the
Notice of Hearing. If the court approves your Motion and
Affidavit, the judge will sign an Order Sealing Records
which directs the Juvenile Department to seal the court file(s) requested in
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