If a circuit court sets aside the conviction of a party in a criminal case under ORS 137.225 or expunges the delinquency adjudication in a juvenile court case under ORS 419A.262 and the party wishes to have the appellate court record sealed, the party must provide the Administrator with a true and complete copy of the circuit court order. After taking such steps as appropriate to confirm the validity of the order:
(1) If the circuit court order sets aside all convictions or expunges all delinquency adjudications in the case, the Administrator will seal the appellate court record and modify the version of the court’s opinion published on the Judicial Department’s website to avoid use of the party’s name in the case title and body of the opinion.*
(2) If a circuit court order sets aside fewer than all convictions or adjudications in a case, the Administrator will not seal the appellate court record, but may modify the version of the court’s opinion published on the Judicial Department’s website to avoid use of the party’s name in the case title and body of the opinion.*
* Appellate court opinions also are published in the softbound Oregon Appellate Courts Advance Sheets and thereafter in the hardbound Oregon Reports. The version of an opinion in those publications cannot be modified after publication. Appellate court opinions also are collected and published, in book form or electronically or both, by various persons and entities, including private legal research entities. The court has no control over whether those persons and entities will honor the court’s post-publication modification of an opinion.
