Get CA-JV-575

Tell the court what documents you served on other parties in the case, and how you served them, when you are requesting a child's juvenile court case file. Get form JV-569.

A lot of people mistakenly think that their juvenile records will be sealed automatically when they turn 18. The reality is that juvenile records remain open and available to employers, landlords, state licensing agencies, school officials and others unless a judicial order to seal and destroy them is obtained.

Juvenile Justice Records Please call Juvenile Justice Reception, (916) 876-7753, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. to make an appointment. If you are not a party in the juvenile case and wish to view juvenile court records, you must ask for a Judge's permission. ( Welfare and Institution code, section 827.)

To ask to seal your juvenile record, you fill out and turn in a form to the probation department or court where your case was processed. The probation department will review your form and then turn it to the court with a recommendation. Then, a judge will decide whether to seal your record.

All juvenile records are confidential. Welfare and Institutions Code Section 827 identifies who can access juvenile records.

If, at the conclusion of the hearing, the court orders the juvenile's records sealed, the court will send a copy of the order to each agency and official named within it, directing the agency to seal its records and stating the date to destroy the sealed records (5 years later) unless the juvenile committed a violent ...

Ask the court for a court order to get a copy of a juvenile court case file.

Ask the court for information from a law enforcement agency about a child taken to a juvenile hall. Get form JV-575.