Any person who has been found guilty under section 17-379 or any statute predecessor thereto, if she has been convicted of no other offense prior to her twenty-first birthday, may file a petition with the court by which she was found guilty, or, if such finding was by a trial justice or municipal court or the Circuit Court, to the Office of the Chief Court Administrator for an order of erasure, and such court shall thereupon order all police and court records and records of the state's or prosecuting attorney pertaining to such case to be erased.

(1971, P.A. 192; P.A. 74-183, S. 153, 291; P.A. 75-567, S. 23, 80; P.A. 76-336, S. 12; 76-436, S. 552, 681; P.A. 77-452, S. 43, 72.)

History: P.A. 74-183 revised section to reflect transfer of circuit court jurisdiction to court of common pleas, effective December 31, 1974; P.A. 75-567 specified applicability of Sec. 17-379 of “Revision of 1958, Revised to 1968” but added language was not codified; P.A. 76-336 applied provisions to persons “found guilty” under Sec. 17-379 rather than to persons “committed to any institution” under that section; P.A. 76-436 referred to persons “convicted” under Sec. 17-379 rather than to those “found guilty” and required filing of erasure petition to office of chief court administrator rather than to common pleas court for commitments by trial justice, municipal court or circuit court, reflecting transfer of all trial jurisdiction to superior court and reorganization of judicial system, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-452 restored reference to persons “found guilty” under Sec. 17-379; Sec. 54-90a transferred to Sec. 54-142b in 1979.