Under New Jersey law, expungement is "… [T]he extraction, sealing, impounding, or isolation of all records on file within any court, detention or correctional facility, law enforcement or criminal justice agency concerning a person's detection, apprehension, arrest, detention, trial or disposition of an offense within the criminal justice system." N.J.S.A. 2C:52-1(a).
The records to be expunged "shall include complaints, warrants, arrests, commitments, processing records, fingerprints, photographs, index cards, "rap sheets" and judicial docket records." N.J.S.A 2C:52-1(b).
This Expungement Public Portal, controlled by the New Jersey State Police, allows persons who have applied for expungements to see the most current status of their expungement requests.
