{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2c-52-1","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 2C:52-1","heading":"Definitions of expungement.","body":"Definition of Expungement. a. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, expungement shall mean the extraction, sealing, impounding, or isolation of all records on file within any court, detention or correctional facility, law enforcement or criminal justice agency concerning a person's detection, apprehension, arrest, detention, trial or disposition of an offense within the criminal justice system.\nb.\tExpunged records shall include complaints, warrants, arrests, commitments, processing records, fingerprints, photographs, index cards, \"rap sheets\" and judicial docket records.\namended 2019, c.269, s.1.","path":["TITLE 2C THE NEW JERSEY CODE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"cf66541f2241ed04d0d4af1c5fda8522a5de31fda56284cb27ffabc48eaedca9","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2c-51-5","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2c-52-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}