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New York Consolidated Laws, Family Court Act - FCT § 381.3. Use of police records

Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

1. All police records relating to the arrest and disposition of any person under this article shall be kept in files separate and apart from the arrests of adults and shall be withheld from public inspection.

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one, the family court in the county in which the petition was adjudicated may, upon motion and for good cause shown, order such records open:

(a) to the respondent or his parent or person responsible for his care;  or

(b) if the respondent is subsequently convicted of a crime, to a judge of the court in which he was convicted, unless such record has been sealed pursuant to section 375.1.

3. An order issued under subdivision two must be in writing.

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