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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 610.123 (2026)

Procedure to expunge, supreme court to promulgate rules

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  610.123.  Procedure to expunge, supreme court to promulgate rules — similar to small claims. — 1.  Any person who wishes to have a record of arrest expunged pursuant to section 610.122 may file a verified petition for expungement in the civil division of the circuit court in the county of the arrest as provided in subsection 4 of this section.  The petition shall include the following information or shall be dismissed if the information is not given:

  (1)  The petitioner's:

  (a)  Full name;

  (b)  Sex;

  (c)  Race;

  (d)  Date of birth;

  (e)  Driver's license number;

  (f)  Social Security number; and

  (g)  Address at the time of the arrest;

  (2)  The offense charged against the petitioner;

  (3)  The date the petitioner was arrested;

  (4)  The name of the county where the petitioner was arrested and if the arrest occurred in a municipality, the name of the municipality;

  (5)  The name of the agency that arrested the petitioner;

  (6)  The case number and court of the offense;

  (7)  Petitioner's fingerprints on a standard fingerprint card at the time of filing a petition to expunge a record that will be forwarded to the central repository for the sole purpose of positively identifying the petitioner.

  2.  The petition shall name as defendants all law enforcement agencies, courts, prosecuting attorneys, central state depositories of criminal records or others who the petitioner has reason to believe may possess the records subject to expungement.  The court's order shall not affect any person or entity not named as a defendant in the action.

  3.  The court shall set a hearing on the matter no sooner than thirty days from the filing of the petition and shall give reasonable notice of the hearing to each official or agency or other entity named in the petition.

  4.  If the court finds that the petitioner is entitled to expungement of any record that is the subject of the petition, it shall enter an order directing expungement.  Upon granting of the order of expungement, the records and files maintained in any administrative or court proceeding in an associate or circuit division of the circuit court under this section shall be confidential and only available to the parties or by order of the court for good cause shown.  A copy of the order shall be provided to each agency identified in the petition pursuant to subsection 2 of this section.

  5.  The supreme court shall promulgate rules establishing procedures for the handling of cases filed pursuant to the provisions of this section and section 610.122.  Such procedures shall be similar to the procedures established in chapter 482 for the handling of small claims.

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(L. 1993 H.B. 170 § 2 merged with H.B. 562 § 12, A.L. 1995 H.B. 135, A.L. 2003 S.B. 184, A.L. 2005 S.B. 422)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2000–2022 · leading case: Martinez v. State, 24 S.W.3d 10 (Mo. Ct. App. 2000).
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Martinez v. State, 24 S.W.3d 10 (Mo. Ct. App. 2000). · cites it 4× “Section 610.123 provides the procedure and required contents of an expungement petition.”
B.K. v. Mo. State High. Patrol, 561 S.W.3d 876 (Mo. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 4× “failed to satisfy the requirements of section 610.123 because he failed to provide the date of the arrest he wanted expunged.”
Butler v. Missouri State Crim. Records Repository, 241 S.W.3d 429 (Mo. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 5× “The State of Missouri (“State”) appeals the trial court’s judgment ordering ex-pungement of an arrest record on Ralph Butler (“Butler”) under Section 610.123 RSMo Cum.Supp.2005. We reverse and remand.”
Parker v. Swope, 157 S.W.3d 350 (Mo. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 2× “1 The Sheriff and the Prosecutor claim on appeal that the trial court erred in granting Parker’s expungement as to the City of O’Fallon, the Missouri Highway Patrol and the Criminal Records Repository, in that Section 610.123 recognizes a cause of action for expungement of a…”
James E. Bright v. John Mollenkamp, Acting Dir. of Revenue, Missouri Dep't of Revenue, & Missouri State High. Patrol, & Town & Country Police Dep't, 482 S.W.3d 467 (Mo. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “054 by simply directing parties to file for expungement in the circuit coiirt, as in petitions for expungement of arrest' records in Section 610.123: 6 .In general, municipal divisions do, not create such records, which is why Section 479.”
Smith v. State, 267 S.W.3d 829 (Mo. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 3× “The State of Missouri (hereinafter, “the State”) appeals from the trial court’s judgment granting Bobbie Gene Smith’s (hereinafter, “Smith”) petition for the expungement of his arrest records pursuant to Section 610.123 RSMo (2000). 1 The State argues the trial court erred in…”
L.f.w., Jr., Petitioner-respondent v. Missouri State High. Patrol Crim. Records Repository, Resondents-appellants (Mo. Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 2× “Another arrest expungement statute, section 610.123, similarly provides "[t]he supreme court shall promulgate rules establishing procedures for the handling of cases filed pursuant to the provisions of this section and section 610.”
Elicia Milton v. St. Louis Cnty., Missouri (Mo. Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 2× “Section 610.123 sets forth the procedure to be followed for an expungement under Section 610.”
Vitale v. Mun. Court Div., 394 S.W.3d 485 (Mo. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 3× “The Missouri State Highway Patrol Criminal Records Repository appeals from the trial court’s judgment ordering the expungement of Melissa Vitale’s (Respondent) arrest records pursuant to Section 610.123 RSMo 2006. We have reviewed the briefs of the parties and the record on…”
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 610.123(4): 1 case
Martinez v. State, 24 S.W.3d 10 (Mo. Ct. App. 2000). “Section 610.123 provides the procedure and required contents of an expungement petition.”
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