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Civil Fingerprinting
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for Law Enforcement | How to Obtain a Pardon | Non-conviction | Retention/Disposal of Criminal Records | Purging of Criminal Records | Retention/Disposal of Young Person Criminal Records | Young Person Specific Court Dispositions | Young Person Information Special Repository Pardon and Purge Services processes pardons granted and issued and revocations and cessation of pardons. It seals or reactivates the criminal record when a pardon is granted, revoked, or ceases to have effect, and notifies the contributing agencies on behalf of the National Parole Board (NPB). The section also purges criminal records information in accordance with the Criminal Records Act, Youth Criminal Justice Act, and ministerial directives. Note: Under the authority of the Criminal Records Act, the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada may disclose information from a pardoned record. Under the same Act, the National Parole Board may revoke a pardon if the person to whom it is granted is subsequently convicted of a summary offence or is no longer of good conduct. A pardon automatically ceases to have effect if the person to whom it is granted is subsequently convicted of a dual procedure offence. NOTE: Please direct all inquiries about the status of your pardon application to the National Parole Board office nearest you. The lead agency dealing with Pardons is the National Parole Board. For more information on Pardons, visit the Pardons Page of the National Parole Board website. To apply for a pardon, you need to obtain a "Pardon Application Guide" from the National Parole Board (NPB). A lawyer or other representative is not necessary. To obtain the NPB booklet or for additional information, contact: Clemency and Pardons Division Pardon Application Guides are also available from the NPB
website, NPB Regional Offices, RCMP
Offices, Provincial and Municipal Police Offices, and the Courts of Justice. You do not need to apply for a pardon if charges against you were dismissed, stayed or withdrawn, or did not result in a conviction. If charges did not result in a conviction, but your record is on the RCMP system, you may contact the arresting police force and ask them to request that the RCMP return your fingerprints and all information taken at the time of arrest for destruction. The police forces may choose to deny this request.
Criminal Records are retained until the subject of the record is eighty (80) years of age with no criminal activity reported in the last ten (10) years, except where the subject:
In each of these instances, the criminal record is retained until:
POLICY ON THE PURGING OF CRIMINAL RECORDS Absolute Discharges All absolute discharges received on or after July 24, 1992, are removed from the criminal record after a period of one (1) year from the date of sentence. Absolute discharges received before July 24, 1992, are removed upon written request from the individual. Conditional Discharges All conditional discharges received on or after July 24, 1992, are removed from the criminal record three (3) years following the date of the sentence. Conditional discharges registered before July 24, 1992, are removed upon written request from the individual. Please download the Request to Purge Absolute and/or Conditional Discharge form and complete and send to: RCMP Requests must contain all of the following information:
Having an expired criminal record as a Young Person should not affect you as an adult. Once entries have expired, the charges are removed and cannot be accessed by any law enforcement agency. However, a subject found guilty of a subsequent offence as an adult BEFORE
the expiration of the retention period is treated as an adult and the
retention and disposal periods applicable to an adult take effect. Young Person - Treatment of Specific Court Dispositions Summary Offence and Indictable Offence
Finding of Guilt Not Entered
Absolute and Conditional Discharges
YOUNG PERSON RECORDS REMOVED TO A SPECIAL REPOSITORY Law enforcement agencies cannot access young person information once it is removed to a special repository. Information stored in the special repository can only be released by Pardon and Purge Services under circumstances outlined in section 128 of the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
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