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Waiting periods are 4 years for civil infractions, 7 years for petty misdemeanors, and 10 years for eligible felonies — substantially longer than for petition-based sealing. Allows for the immediate automatic sealing of eligible non-conviction records.

The "public interest" exception is a specific exception in the Open Records Act. ing to this law, an agency may hold public records confidential if the records custodian decides that making it available to the public would cause substantial injury to the public interest.

Crimes committed against a person cannot be sealed, such as: Crimes under the Victim Rights Acts. Crimes of violence. Sexual offenses. Domestic violence, child abuse, and stalking. Some traffic-related crimes. Driving after using alcohol or drugs (“driving under the influence;” DUI)

If you are acquitted or your case is dismissed, your case and record of arrest can be sealed immediately. Convictions for most petty offenses, misdemeanors and class 4, 5 and 6 non-violent, non-sex offense felonies are eligible to be sealed. Traffic offenses, including DUIs, are not eligible to be sealed.

Petty offense convictions get automatically sealed seven years after the case closes. Misdemeanor convictions get automatically sealed seven years after the case closes. Felony convictions get automatically sealed ten years after the case closes.

Colorado for years has allowed people to petition to seal their arrests and convictions, a process that requires legal guidance and possibly a hearing before a judge. But the new Clean the Slate Act directs the state judicial system to automatically seal records that are eligible.

If your records are sealed or expunged in Colorado, you can have your gun right reinstated. Sealing your records treats your conviction as though it never existed. And if you have never been convicted of a felony, then your gun rights are automatically restored.

Expunging your records will mean destroying them entirely. Expungement, however, is only reserved for juvenile offenses, underaged drinking, and driving convictions in the state of Colorado.

Unexpungable Crimes You were adjudicated as a violent juvenile offender or an aggravated juvenile offender; You were convicted of a traffic offense or infraction; You were convicted of a sex felony offense; or. You were convicted of a homicide or related offense.