State v. Dye (Slip Opinion)

*11 *819 {¶ 1} The Fifth District Court of Appeals certified that its judgment in this case conflicts with the judgment of the Eighth District Court of Appeals in State v. C.K. , 8th Dist. Cuyahoga No. 99886, 2013-Ohio-5135 , 2013 WL 6175329 , on the following question of law: "Pursuant to R.C. 2953.52, must trial courts wait until the applicable statute of limitations has expired prior to sealing the records of a case dismissed without prejudice?"

{¶ 2} Pursuant to R.C. 2953.52(B)(4), a trial court may seal the records in a case dismissed without prejudice before the statute of limitations has…