Legal Question in Criminal Law in Minnesota

Re: Minor Consumption

There are numerous government records kept on individuals, for example, the drivers license "record," court file "records," etc. If a person under 18 is adjudicated delinquent in juvenile court in Minnesota for "minor consumption," even though not in a car, it is at least possible a court could still cause a drivers license suspension or the like, and if so, that would appear on the person's public "driving record." The person would at least have a juvenile court record, which for most purposes is still non-public. Strictly speaking, it would not normally "get taken off his/her record" at any age, unless there was some sort of expungement proceeding.