{"data":{"id":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-2151.355","jurisdiction":"us-oh","citation":"Ohio Rev. Code § 2151.355","heading":"Sealing of juvenile court records - definitions.","body":"As used in sections 2151.356 to 2151.358 of the Revised Code:\n(A) \"Expunge\" means to destroy, delete, and erase a record, as appropriate for the record's physical or electronic form or characteristic, so that the record is permanently irretrievable.\n(B) \"Seal a record\" means to remove a record from the main file of similar records and to secure it in a separate file that contains only sealed records accessible only to the juvenile court.","path":["Title 21 Courts-Probate-Juvenile","Chapter 2151 Juvenile Court"],"source_url":"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2151.355","current_through":"2006-10-09 (House Bill 137 - 126th General Assembly)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:24:30Z","sha256":"53b68c2e5948ab524f45ec582f0e43e61b6a3523df0c4549219035ffa9ab7551","source_id":"us-oh","stale":false,"prev":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-2151.354","next":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-2151.356"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}