Use of juvenile records

18 U.S. Code § 5038. Use of juvenile records

(a) Throughout and upon the completion of the juvenile delinquency proceeding, the records shall be safeguarded from disclosure to unauthorized persons. The records shall be released to the extent necessary to meet the following circumstances:
(1)
inquiries received from another court of law;
(2)
inquiries from an agency preparing a presentence report for another court;
(3)
inquiries from law enforcement agencies where the request for information is related to the investigation of a crime or a position within that agency;
(4)
inquiries, in writing, from the director of a treatment agency or the director of a facility to which the juvenile has been committed by the court;
(5)
inquiries from an agency considering the person for a position immediately and directly affecting the national security; and
(6)
inquiries from any victim of such juvenile delinquency, or if the victim is deceased from the immediate family of such victim, related to the final disposition of such juvenile by the court in accordance with section 5037.
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