HB 2800 - DIGEST

(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 2/8/96)

     Provides that, when a juvenile offender has completed the requirements of a disposition entered pursuant to chapter 13.40 RCW, the secretary of the department of social and health services, the offender's probation officer, or the diversion unit, as appropriate, must notify the disposition court, which must discharge the offender and provide the offender with a certificate of discharge.

     Authorizes every offender who has received a certificate of discharge to apply to the disposition court for an order sealing his or her records.

     Does not prohibit the use of an offender's prior record for purposes of determining the offender's dispositions or sentences for later offenses as provided in chapter 9.94A or 13.40 RCW or to establish juvenile or adult criminal court jurisdiction over the offender for later offenses as provided in chapter 13.04 or 13.40 RCW.