• Prior to October 1, 1994 (for felonies) and July 1, 1996 (for specified misdemeanors), juvenile arrest records were not maintained by FDLE in the criminal-history record system and would not be available to the general public unless the juvenile were treated as an adult.
• If certain qualifications are met, juvenile records are subject to an abbreviated retention schedule which results in the automatic expunction of the record after a specified period of time. See Florida Statutes section 943.0515.
• Juvenile defendants who successfully complete a qualified diversion program, as set forth in Florida Statutes section 943.0582, may be eligible for expunction of their record.
• If a person wishes to pursue the judicial sealing or expunction of his or her juvenile record, the eligibility criteria and procedures, which are similar to those for adults, are found in Florida Statutes sections 943.059 and 943.0585.

This means, in effect, that a person may only seal or expunge one arrest record in one proceeding.

More than one record may be sealed or expunged in the same proceeding if the court, in its sole discretion, finds the arrests to be directly related.

A record that is initially ineligible for expunction (for example, where adjudication is withheld) may become eligible after it has been sealed for 10 years. However, a person may not seal or expunge one arrest record and then later, in a different proceeding, ask to have a different arrest record sealed or expunged.

An expunction or sealing which occurs automatically or by operation of law, without any action on the part of the applicant, is not considered a prior expunction or sealing for this purpose.

Florida Statutes section 943.0582 provides that a juvenile diversion expunction does not prevent an applicant from seeking a judicial expunction or sealing under Florida Statutes sections 943.0585 or 943.059.