SECTION 1: GENERAL Expunction Information
A New Era for Expungement Law Reform? (2016 Murray: Harvard Law and Policy Review Vol. 10 Page 361)
50 - State Guide to Expungement and Sealing Laws (2017 CCRC Staff: Collateral Consequences Resource Center - www.ccresourcecenter.org)
The Many Faces of Expungement in America (2015 CCRC Staff: Collateral Consequences Resource Center - www.ccresourcecenter.org)
Indiana's New Expungement Law the Product of "Many Many Compromises" (2014 CCRC Staff: Collateral Consequences Resource Center - www.ccresourcecenter.org)
Illinois Enacts Broadest Sealing Law in Nation (August 25, 2017 - http://ccresourcecenter.org/2017/08/25/illinois-enacts-major-sealing-expansion/)
SECTION 2: NORTH CAROLINA Expunction Information
Thanks to Bipartisan Second Chance Act, 400,000 Convictions Eligible for Prosecutor-Initiated Expunctions (September 17, 2020, by Andrea Dreier - https://www.ncjustice.org/thanks-to-bipartisan-second-chance-act-400000-convictions-eligible-for-prosecutor-initiated-expunctions/
Relief from a Criminal Conviction (2017 UNC School of Government : John Rubin - https://www.sog.unc.edu/blogs/nc-criminal-law/expanded-expunction-opportunities)
50-State Comparison Judicial Expungement, Sealing, and Set-aside See NC Section (June 2017 - http://goo.gl/atdnXC.)
NORTH CAROLINA Restoration of Rights, Pardon, Expungement & Sealing (August 3, 2017, CCRC Staff: Collateral Consequences Resource Center - www.ccresourcecenter.org)
2015 Expunctions Report [DPS, NCAOC, and DOJ Joint Report Pursuant to N.C.G.S. Section 15A-160] (2015 Prepared by Court Services, NC Administrative Office of the Courts)
Summary of North Carolina EXPUNCTIONS (2019 C. Daniel Bowes, NC Justice Center - www.ncjustice.org | danielb@ncjustice.org)
N.C. Gen. Stat. 15A (Selected Sections of the General Statutes) Courtesy of the NC General Assembly Website
SECTION 3: NORTH CAROLINA Motions for Appropriate Relief
Relief from a Criminal Conviction - Motions for Appropriate Relief (2017 UNC School of Government - www.sog.unc.edu/resources/microsites/relief-criminal-conviction/motions-appropriate-relief)
MOTIONS FOR APPROPRIATE RELIEF (Jan. 2017 Jessica Smith, UNC School of Government - North Carolina Superior Court Judges' Benchbook)
SECTION 4: Certificate of Relief
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APPENDIX: Tools and Expunction Forms
The Collateral Consequences Assessment Tool, or C-CAT, a one-of-a-kind, searchable database of the North Carolina collateral consequences of a criminal conviction. See How to Use C-CAT (http://ccat.sog.unc.edu/how-to-use-ccat)
Expunction Forms - See tab on this site for an explanation of the NC AOC Forms page.
Motion For Appropriate Relief Forms
Certificate of Relief Forms
A quick note about terminology. The following terms are used somewhat interchangeably in the materials and practice of this area of the law:
Expunge
Expungement
Expunction
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