Existing law establishes certain acts that constitute the crime of sex trafficking. (NRS 201.300) Existing law authorizes a person convicted of certain offenses to petition the court to seal all records relating to the conviction. (NRS 179.245) This bill: (1) requires, in certain circumstances, such a petition to include a statement from the petitioner certifying that at the time the crime for which the records to be sealed was committed, the petitioner was being sex trafficked; and (2) prohibits a court or agency of criminal justice in this State from charging any fees related to the sealing of a criminal record if, at the time the crime for which the record to be sealed was committed, the petitioner was being sex trafficked.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 179.245
Reprint 1: 179.245
As Enrolled: 179.245
BDR: 179.245