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Records relating to juvenile delinquency charges and adjudications can be expunged at any time, so long as the person is not subject to a disqualifying event. Ark. Code Ann. § 9-27-309(b)(2).

A record relating to a delinquency adjudication for which a juvenile could have been tried as an adult is not eligible for expungement under this section. Ark. Code Ann. § 9-27-309(b)(1)(A). Records of juveniles who are designated as extended juvenile jurisdiction offenders are not eligible for expungement under this section. Ark. Code Ann. § 9-27-309(c).

There is no statutory language regarding the process for obtaining expungement.

There is no statutory language regarding fees.

To expunge the record means it is destroyed. Ark. Code Ann. § 9-27-309(b)(3).

A petition can be filed to expunge juvenile records at any time. Ark. Code Ann. § 9-27-309(b)(2).