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2022 Colorado Code
Title 24 - Government - State
Article 72 - Public Records
Part 7 - Criminal Justice Record Sealing
§ 24-72-707. Sealing of Criminal Conviction Records Information for Offenses Committed by Victims of Human Trafficking
Universal Citation: CO Code § 24-72-707 (2022)
- Sealing of conviction records. At any time after conviction, a defendant may file a motion in the case in which any conviction records exist pertaining to the defendant's conviction for any misdemeanor offense or municipal code or ordinance violation, excluding any offense of a crime as defined in section 24-4.1-302 (1).
- A defendant moving to have his or her criminal records sealed pursuant to this section is not required to pay a processing fee.
- The court shall order the records sealed after:
- The petition is filed; and
- The defendant establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that, at the time he or she committed the offense, he or she had been trafficked by another person, as described in section 18-3-503 or 18-3-504, for the purpose of performing the offense.
Source: L. 2019: Entire part R&RE, (HB 19-1275), ch. 295, p. 2745, § 1, effective August 2.
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