Art. 979 Service of motion to expunge a record

When someone files a motion to clear (expunge) their record, the court clerk has to let certain people and agencies know about it. The clerk sends notice through regular mail or electronically to three places: the district attorney's office in the parish where the conviction happened, the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information, and the police or sheriff's department that made the arrest.

If the clerk sends this notice by mail, they have to prove they did it. This means filing a paper in the court record showing the exact date the notice was mailed. This creates an official record that everyone who needs to know about the expungement request actually got notified.