A key Minnesota law enforcement agency has issued a notice laying out the process for expunging prior marijuana convictions as part of the state’s new legalization law, saying that “work is underway” to provide that relief.
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) said in an update published on Friday that approximately 66,000 cannabis records are expected to be automatically sealed under the legalization law taking effect on August 1. Another 230,000 are set to be reviewed by the Expungement Review Board at the state Department of Corrections.
“Criminal history records will soon contain a notice that cannabis-related offenses may be eligible for expungement under the new Adult-Use Cannabis law,” BCA said. “The specifics on how it will work and what the language will say are being developed now.”
Record sealing starts at BCA, but cases that are identified as eligible for relief will also then be expunged by the courts and local law enforcement agencies. The bill also creates a Cannabis Expungement Board that will be responsible for facilitating the record sealing.
Some Minnesotans will have certain criminal records expunged thanks to a pair of laws passed by the Minnesota Legislature. Work is underway at @MnDPS_BCA to make
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