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Walk It Through: The Old Juvenile Record

Sealing a delinquency record three years on, who else seals it, and a job application afterward.

Probation on a delinquency case ended years ago, and the person now wants the record sealed.

Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.

One old delinquency record and one application. Adult records, federal agencies' own files, immigration consequences, and federal rules on background check reports are not worked through here.

A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.

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Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.