Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-18016240-20160208110013/@comment-734582-20160313225251

Tasuxeda wrote: People seem to forget that Orochimaru is the head of his own hidden village as well as a Master of edo tensei and generally a dangerous person why would he need a pardon from the five villages. No mention was made of Orochimaru's actual status in the world now. Yamato kept an eye on him, so they clearly don't fully trust him. But the Hokage could walk in without starting a small war, so clearly he's not a criminal anymore.

He was probably scrubbed from the various wanted lists.