Supreme Court Orders
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has amended SCR Chapter 72, creating a
rule prescribing procedures for the clerk of court to follow when
required to expunge a record.
Expunction of court records
In the Matter of the Amendment of Supreme Court Rules:
SCR 72.06 - Expunction of Court Records
Order 97-07
The court held a public hearing Oct. 21, 1997, on the petition of the
Supreme Court's Records Management Committee proposing the creation of a
rule prescribing procedures for the clerk of the court to follow when a
statute or court order requires that a court record be expunged. The
court has considered the petition and the presentation at the public
hearing by the Records Management Committee.
IT IS ORDERED that, effective the date of this order, the Supreme
Court Rules are amended as follows.
1. SCR Chapter 72 (title) is amended to read:
SCR Chapter 72 (title) Retention and Maintenance of Court
Records.
2. 72.06 of the supreme court rules is created to read:
72.06 Expunction.
When required by statute or court order to expunge a court record,
the clerk of the court shall do all of the following:
(1) Remove any paper index and nonfinancial court record and place
them in the case file.
(2) Electronically remove any automated nonfinancial record, except
the case number.
(3) Seal the entire case file.
(4) Destroy expunged court records in accordance with the provisions
of this chapter.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that notice of these amendments of the Supreme
Court Rules shall be given by a single publication of a copy of this
order in the official state newspaper and in an official publication of
the State Bar of Wisconsin.
Dated at Madison, Wis., this 3rd day of November, 1997.
By the court:
Marilyn L. Graves,
Clerk of Court
Wisconsin
Lawyer
