JV-744
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SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF
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REQUEST TO REDUCE JUVENILE MARIJUANA OFFENSE
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Form Approved for Optional Use
Judicial Council of California
JV-744 [Rev. July 1, 2017]
REQUEST TO REDUCE JUVENILE
MARIJUANA OFFENSE
(Health and Safety Code, § 11361.8(m))
Health and Safety Code, § 11361.8
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INSTRUCTIONS
• Use this form if you went to court and were found to have committed a marijuana offense when you were under the age of 18 and
you want to reduce the charge on your record. You need to use a different form if you were 18 or older at the time of the offense.
• If you have more than one juvenile marijuana offense:
A. Use a separate JV-744 form for each marijuana offense that has a different case number or if you are requesting a different
remedy in item 3 or 4.
B. Use form JV-744A to list marijuana offenses that have the same case number even if the court decided you violated a marijuana
law on a different day. You need to list the date the court made its decision.
• If this form asks for information that you do not have, you can contact your attorney. If you don't have an attorney, the public
defender's office or the court in the county where you went to court can probably help you get the information.
• The court will serve this form for you unless you have an attorney. If you have an attorney, he/she must serve the form.
• How to fill out the form without an attorney:
A. Put your name and contact information in the box at the top of the form and in number 1 below.
B. Put the address of the court from your court papers in the box below your address. This form must be filed in the same county
where you went to court for this offense.
C. Fill out number 2 about the marijuana offense.
D. If you are on probation now for the marijuana offense, also check number 3 to ask the judge to make new dispositional orders
(a new sentence) based on the new law. The new orders cannot be worse than your original sentence.
E. If you have completed probation for the marijuana offense, check number 4 to ask the judge to change your offense to an
infraction. So, if it was a misdemeanor or a felony, it will now be treated like a traffic ticket.
F. Your case may be heard by the judge who originally sentenced you or the court will have a different judge hear your request.
G. You will not have a hearing (talk to a judge) unless you ask for one. You can check one of the boxes in number 5 if you want the
court to set a hearing. If you will need an interpreter, ask for one in number 6.
H. You can check number 5(c) if you do not want to come to court if there is a hearing.
For more information about Proposition 64 and filling out this form, go to www.courts.ca.gov/prop64.htm.
For information about record sealing, go to www.courts.ca.gov/28120.htm.
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MY INFORMATION
My name is:
I was born on (date):
