The purpose of the this model legislation is to: (1)  Establish a process for the identification, collection, and publication of state and federal collateral consequences that impact an individual who has been convicted of a crime and provide for a method to notify such individual of those consequences; (2) Establish a process by which an individual can obtain a certificate of relief from certain collateral consequences before records are eligible to be sealed or expunged; (3) Establish mechanisms for the automatic sealing and automatic expungement of criminal history records; (4) Establish a process by which an individual can petition to seal or expunge his or her criminal history records which includes a rebuttable presumption in favor of granting such petitions; (4) Prohibit certain individuals and entities from inquiring into an individual’s criminal history unless an exception applies; and (5) Establish penalties for the unlawful disclosure of sealed or expunged criminal history records. Click here, to read the Model Relief from Collateral Consequences of Conviction Act.