The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 13 V.S.A. § 7609)
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§ 7609. Sealing criminal history records of a person 18–21 years of age
(a) Petition .
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person who was 18–21 years of age at
the time the person committed a qualifying crime may file a petition with the court
requesting sealing of the criminal history record related to the qualifying crime
after 30 days have elapsed since the person completed the terms and conditions for
the sentence for the qualifying crime. The court shall grant the petition and order
that the criminal history record be sealed if the following conditions are met:
(A) Any restitution and surcharges ordered by the court for any crime of which the person
has been convicted has been paid in full, provided that payment of surcharges shall
not be required if the surcharges have been waived by the court pursuant to section 7282 of this title.
(B) The respondent has failed to show that sealing would be contrary to the interests
of justice.
(2) Order, notice, and effect of sealing shall comply with the provisions of subsections
7607(a) and (b) of this title.
(b) Exceptions.
(1) A criminal history record that includes both qualifying and nonqualifying offenses
shall not be eligible for sealing pursuant to this section.
(2) [Repealed.]
(c) [Repealed.] (Added 2017, No. 201 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2019, No. 167 (Adj. Sess.), § 14, eff. Oct. 7, 2020; 2025, No. 60, § 1, eff. July 1, 2025.)