Colette Bordelon is a reporter with Denver7.
DENVER — In July, hundreds of thousands of criminal convictions will be automatically sealed in Colorado due to a law passed in 2022.
"That's something that people can get misconstrued. Expungement would be if they totally wiped your record. But with sealing, the government can still see your record, so government agencies can see it," said Abbey Moffitt, a criminal defense attorney and one of the founders of Expunge Colorado. “If you seal a record in Colorado, it means that it no longer appears on public record background searches.
Williams and Moffitt pointed out that individuals are not immediately eligible for their records to be sealed. A number of years must pass first. For misdemeanor crimes, there is a waiting period of seven years, while it is a 10-year waiting period for felonies.
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