Overview Description

Records relating to an adjudication for a sex crime can be sealed if such crime resulted from the petitioner being trafficked for sexual servitude or a victim of sexual exploitation. Ga. Code Ann. § 15-11-701(b).
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No statutory language regarding ineligible offenses.

A person can file an application with the court. For the specific procedure, see Ga. Code Ann. § 15-11-701(b).

There is no statutory language regarding fees.

Upon the entry of the order, the proceeding shall be treated as if it had never occurred. All index references will be deleted and the person, court, law enforcement officers, and departments can properly reply that no record exists pertaining to the person upon inquiry in any matter. Ga. Code Ann. § 15-11-701(e).

The petition can be filed at any time following the adjudication.