JV-596-INFOSealing of Records for Satisfactory Completion of ProbationIf your case is terminated by the juvenile court after January 1, 2015, because you satisfactorily completed your probation (formal or informal), or if your case was otherwise dismissed after the petition was filed, in many cases, the court will have dismissed the petition(s) and sealed your records. If the court sealed your records for this reason, you should have received a copy of the sealing order with this form. If the court finds you have not satisfactorily completed your probation, it will not dismiss your case and will not seal your records at termination. If you want to have your If a new petition is filed against you for a felony offense, probation can look at what programs you were in but cannot use that information to keep you in juvenile hall or to punish you.How will the court decide if probation is satisfactorily completed?Do you have to report the offenses in the sealed records on job, school, or other applications?No. Once your records are sealed, the law treats those offenses as if they did not occur and you do not need to report them. However, the military and some federal agencies may not recognize sealing of records and may be aware of your juvenile justice history, even if your records are sealed. If you want to enlist in the military or apply for a job that asks you to provide information about your juvenile records, seek legal advice about this issue.Can employers see your records if they are not sealed? Juvenile records are not allowed to be disclosed to most employers, and employers are not allowed to ask about or consider your juvenile history in most cases. There are exceptions to this rule if you are applying to be a peace officer or to work in health settings.240Also, federal employers may still have access to your juvenile history.240 You should seek legal advice if you have questions of what an employer can ask about you. JV-596-INFOSealing of Records for Satisfactory Completion of Probation Rev. September 1, 2018, Mandatory Form JV-596-INFO, Page 2 of 2Sealing of Records for Satisfactory Completion of Probation American LegalNet, Inc.