Eighth Cir. AO 4.19: Expunction and Sealing Criminal Cases — 8th Cir., FL · BenchPath

Eighth Cir. AO 4.19: Expunction and Sealing Criminal Cases

High confidence· verified September 14, 2026Administrative OrdersEighth Judicial Circuit Administrative Order 4.19, "Expunction and Sealing Criminal Cases" — https://circuit8.org/wp-content/uploads/4.19-Expunction-and-Sealing-Criminal-Cases.pdf — sha256-hashed 2026-09-14

Summary

Eighth Judicial Circuit Administrative Order 4.19 (Expunction and Sealing Criminal Cases): 11 operative paragraphs verbatim from the order as the circuit publishes it.

Applies to

Eighth Judicial Circuit — all counties of the circuit. Administrative orders are amended and rescinded by later orders; the circuit's own index controls (the index lists it as a current instrument on 2026-09-14). Procedural information only; not legal advice.

Requirement

• 1. Any order expunging a criminal case must include language providing that: • (a) The sealing or expunction order shall go into effect 60 days from the date that it is • (b) All costs associated with the sealing or expunction of the case must be paid before • the clerk is authorized to seal the case. • 2. Any order sealing or expunging a criminal case must include language providing that all • costs associated with the sealing or expunging of the case must be paid before the • 3. Any petition and subsequent order sealing or expunging a case must identify any • recorded documents to be removed from the Official Records and if none, so provide. • Only identified recorded documents will be removed from the county’s Official Record. • 4. The clerk is authorized to open any sealed or expunged court file for the purpose of • filing documents pertinent to the particular file, as well as for imaging.

Source of truth

• 1. Any order expunging a criminal case must include language providing that: • (a) The sealing or expunction order shall go into effect 60 days from the date that it is • (b) All costs associated with the sealing or expunction of the case must be paid before • the clerk is authorized to seal the case. • 2. Any order sealing or expunging a criminal case must include language providing that all •

Official source: 8th Circuit — Administrative Orders
Source health: Healthy · checked October 4, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: September 14, 2026benchpath-ao-ledger-c8-2026-09-14

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-14 from BenchPath's custody copy (file 3f4f15ca5bc6.pdf; 294,448 bytes, 2 page(s), native text layer): the index lists it as a current instrument on 2026-09-14 (https://circuit8.org/eighth-judicial-circuit-court/administrative-orders/); the operative paragraphs after the ORDERED marker are quoted whole, whitespace normalised only; signature block, page markers and stamps dropped. Effective date from the order's own date line where present, else the index date.

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