2021 Tennessee Code
Part 1 - General Provisions
§ 37-1-153. Court Files and Records — Inspection Limited — Exceptions for Certain Violent Offenders — Confidentiality — Expunction

A juvenile court shall not expunge a juvenile record following successful completion of an informal adjustment under § 37-1-110, pretrial diversion under § 37-1-110, or judicial diversion under § 37-1-129, if the child was accused of a delinquent act that if committed by an adult, would constitute an act of terrorism, as defined by § 39-13-803, or an attempt to commit an act of terrorism.
For purposes of this subsection (f), a juvenile record includes all documents, reports, and information received, kept, or maintained in any form, including electronic, by the juvenile court clerk or juvenile court staff relating to a delinquency or unruly case, with the exception of assessment reports under § 37-1-136.
The court shall inform the child, at the time of adjudication, of the need to file a motion to expunge the child's juvenile record. The administrative office of the courts shall create a motion that can be completed by a child and shall be circulated to all juvenile court clerks. All juvenile court clerks shall make this model expunction motion accessible to all children.
The court may order all or any portion of a juvenile's court files and juvenile records expunged if:

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