(a) Notwithstanding Section 781, of this code or Section 1203.47 of the Penal Code, if a petition has been filed with a juvenile court to commence proceedings to adjudge a person a ward of the court, the county probation officer shall do either of the following once the person has reached 18 years of age: (1) If the person will not remain under the juvenile courtâs delinquency jurisdiction, the county probation officer shall petition the court to seal the records relating to the personâs case that are in the custody of the juvenile court, probation officer, law enforcement agency, or any other private or public agency. The probation officer shall provide a copy of the petition to the minor and their counsel at least 30 days prior to filing the petition. (2) If the person will remain under the juvenile courtâs delinquency jurisdiction, the county probation officer shall petition the court as specified in paragraph (1) no later than one year after the termination of the juvenile courtâs delinquency jurisdiction. (b) All of the following shall not be sealed pursuant to this section: (1) A personâs juvenile court records relating to a case that was transferred from juvenile court to a court of criminal jurisdiction under Section 707.1 if the person was convicted in the court of criminal jurisdiction. (2) A personâs juvenile court records relating to an offense listed in subdivision (b) of Section 707 that was committed when the person was 14 years of age or older, unless that offense was dismissed or reduced to a misdemeanor or a lesser offense that is not listed in subdivision (b) of Section 707. (3) A personâs juvenile court records relating to an offense for which the person is required to register pursuant to Section 290.008 of the Penal Code. (c) If the court finds that the person has not been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude after the juvenile courtâs jurisdiction was terminated, it shall order sealed all records, papers, and exhibits in the personâs case that are in the custody of the juvenile court, law enforcement agency, probation department, Department of Justice, or any other private or public agency, including the juvenile court record, minute book entries, docket entries, and arrest records. The personâs defense counsel shall not be ordered to seal their records. The court shall send a copy of the order to each agency named in the order. Each agency shall seal the records in its custody as directed by the order, send a notice to the court that it has complied with the order, and seal the copy of the courtâs order the agency received. (d) If the court has ordered the personâs records sealed, the proceedings of the sealed case shall be deemed never to have occurred and the person may properly reply accordingly to any inquiry about the events. (e) When the probation officer does not file a petition pursuant to this section, the probation officer shall notify, in writing, the person and their counsel of the reason for not filing the petition. (f) (1) A record that has been ordered sealed by the court under this section may be accessed, inspected, or utilized only under any of the following circumstances: (A) If the person who is the subject of the sealed records petitions the court to permit inspection of the records and the court grants inspection. (B) By the court for the limited purpose of verifying the prior jurisdictional status of a ward who is petitioning the court to resume its jurisdiction pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 388. (C) (i) By the prosecuting attorney in order to meet a statutory or constitutional obligation to disclose favorable or exculpatory evidence to a defendant in a criminal case in which the prosecuting attorney has reason to believe that access to the record is necessary to meet the disclosure obligation. The prosecuting attorney shall submit a request to the juvenile court to access information in the sealed record for this purpos
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