Rule 122.03 – Law Enforcement Records of Juveniles to be Kept Separate

May 13, 2021 | Family Law, Missouri

a. All records of juveniles made or retained by law enforcement officers or agencies shall be kept separate from records of other persons and shall not be open to inspection by, or their contents disclosed or distributed to, the public except by order of the court or as otherwise provided by law.
b. This Rule 122.03 shall not apply to all such records of the juvenile in a case in which the court has dismissed under Rule 129.04 the petition filed in the interest of the juvenile to permit prosecution under general law.
c. “Record,” as used in this Rule 122.03, includes, but is not limited to, fingerprints and photographs of the juvenile.

Mo. R. Prac. P. Juv. Ct. & Fam. Ct. 122.03

Adopted May 20, 2009, eff. Jan. 1, 2010.