If someone is ordered by a court to destroy or hide arrest records, but they knowingly fail to do so or share those records anyway, that is a class B misdemeanor. If that same person uses those expunged arrest records to make money, knowing they were supposed to be destroyed, that is a class E felony, which is more serious.
Classifications stated in the statute. Actual outcomes vary.
610.125. Failure to comply with , — using for , penalty. — 1. A person subject to an order of the court in 4 of section 610.123 who knowingly fails to or , or releases which has been ordered expunged section 610.123 is guilty of a .
2. A person subject to an order of the court in subsection 4 of section 610.123 who, knowing the records have been ordered expunged, uses the arrest information for financial gain is guilty of a .
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Source & history notes
(L. 1993 H.B. 170 § 4 merged with H.B. 562 § 14, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1095, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17
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Records to be confidential
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