Bill > SB83

This bill aims to improve record-keeping for certain legal actions, specifically "forcible detainer" cases, which are legal proceedings to remove someone from a property. It mandates that if a forcible detainer case is dismissed, the court must automatically expunge, meaning remove or seal, the record of that case after five days, so it will appear as if the case never happened and won't show up on background checks. Additionally, if an unemancipated minor, meaning a minor who is not legally independent, is mistakenly named as a defendant in such a case, their name can be expunged from the record. The bill also amends existing law to require that all records and files from a forcible detainer case be sealed in an envelope after the final order is issued, preventing public inspection without a court order. These changes regarding dismissed cases will apply to new forcible detainer actions filed on or after the bill becomes law.

https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb83.html