Juvenile records are normally retained by the Criminal Justice Information Program (CJIP) until the offender reached the age of 24, at which time the juvenile record will be expunged automatically unless one of the following exceptions apply:
Adjudication as an Adult for a Forcible Felony Exception. If the minor child is adjudicated as an adult for a forcible felony, then the juvenile's criminal record that existed prior to the adjudication as an adult will be merged with the record for adjudication as an adult.
Forcible Felony Exception. If a person over the age of 17 is charged with or convicted of any forcible felony before the juvenile record has been automatically sealed or expunged, then the individual's juvenile record will be merged with the adult record.
Serious Juvenile Record Exception. Under Florida Statute Section 943.0515(1)(a), the Criminal Justice Information Program (CJIP) will keep the juvenile records until the offender's 26th birthday if the juvenile is classified as one of the following:
- Serious juvenile offender
- Habitual juvenile offender
- Committed to a juvenile correctional facility
- Committed to a juvenile prison for five (5) years after the offender's 21st birthday.
Adjudication Delinquent for Any Juvenile Offense. Regardless of any of the provisions above, if the juvenile is adjudicated delinquent for any offense, then the juvenile records shall be maintained. Those juvenile records then become ineligible to ever be sealed or expunged and are merged with the individual's adult record.
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