Section 381.3. Use of police records  


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  • 1. All police records relating to the
      arrest and disposition of any person under this article shall be kept in
      files separate and apart  from  the  arrests  of  adults  and  shall  be
      withheld from public inspection.
        2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one, the family court
      in the county in which the petition was adjudicated may, upon motion and
      for good cause shown, order such records open:
        (a)  to  the  respondent  or  his parent or person responsible for his
      care; or
        (b) if the respondent is subsequently convicted of a crime, to a judge
      of the court in which he was convicted,  unless  such  record  has  been
      sealed pursuant to section 375.1.
        3. An order issued under subdivision two must be in writing.