{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-2-5-213","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-2-5-213","heading":"Pardon by Governor — Motion to set aside conviction —","body":"Release from penalties, destruction of records.\n\nA. Upon the motion of a person who has been adjudicated and\n\nsentenced as a youthful offender and who has been subsequently\n\ntransferred to the adult system pursuant to Section 10 of this act,\n\nwith the recommendation of the sentencing court, the Governor may\n\ngrant a full and complete pardon and restore citizenship to any\n\nperson who has been convicted and sentenced as an adult and who has\n\ncompleted the sentence or been discharged from parole.\n\nB. Upon the motion of a person convicted as a youthful\n\noffender, and three (3) years after the expiration of the sentence\n\nof the youthful offender, the court may set aside the conviction if:\n\n1. The court has previously found that the person has\n\nreasonably complied with the rehabilitation plan and objectives;\n\n2. The person was discharged from supervision by the Office of\n\nJuvenile Affairs, or was granted early discharge from such\n\nsupervision by the court; or\n\n3. The person has completed the sentence imposed as a result of\n\nhis first conviction as a youthful offender and has no subsequent\n\nconvictions.\n\nIf a conviction is set aside pursuant to this subsection, the\n\nyouthful offender shall thereafter be released from all penalties\n\nand disabilities resulting from the offense for which such person\n\nwas convicted, including but not limited to, any disqualification\n\nfor any employment or occupational license, or both, created by any\n\nother provision of law. The court may in addition order any law\n\nenforcement agency over whom the court has jurisdiction to produce\n\nall files and records pertaining to said arrest and conviction of\n\nthe youthful offender and shall order the clerk of the court to\n\ndestroy the entire file and record of the case, including docket\n\nsheets, index entries, court records, summons, warrants or records\n\nin the office of the clerk or which have been produced by a law\n\nenforcement agency in which the name of the youthful offender is\n\nmentioned. The court may order probation officers and counselors to\n\ndestroy all records, reports, and social and clinical studies\n\nrelating to said youthful offender that are in their possession\n\nexcept when said documents are necessary to maintain state or\n\nfederal funding.","path":["OK Code","Title 10A"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os10A.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"ee442a41c1d2e7bc1e195efa06f39b77c61f0ef70834379f231447c035ef3200","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-2-5-212","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-2-5-301"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}