Guides · Rules v2026.2, current through July 1, 2026
Colorado record sealing, explained
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The explainers
- Expungement or sealing in Colorado: which one is yours
Most Coloradans searching for expungement need sealing instead. Here is the difference, and a free check of whether the statute lets you file yet.
- You can file years before Clean Slate reaches your case
Colorado's automatic sealing clock is years longer than the one for filing a motion yourself. See the gap for your own case, free, with the statute behind it.
- Was my record already sealed automatically?
Colorado does not mail you the order when it seals a case on its own. Here is how to check for free, and what to do when it has not happened yet.
- How to seal a record in Colorado, step by step
The whole sealing process in Colorado: the forms, the fee, serving the district attorney, the hearing, and the step after the order that most people skip.
By offense
- Sealing class 1 misdemeanor in Colorado
How long you wait to seal class 1 misdemeanor in Colorado, what stops it, and a free dated answer for your own case.
- Sealing class 2 misdemeanor in Colorado
How long you wait to seal class 2 misdemeanor in Colorado, what stops it, and a free dated answer for your own case.
- Sealing petty offense in Colorado
How long you wait to seal petty offense in Colorado, what stops it, and a free dated answer for your own case.
- Sealing civil infraction in Colorado
How long you wait to seal civil infraction in Colorado, what stops it, and a free dated answer for your own case.
- Sealing drug possession in Colorado
How long you wait to seal drug possession in Colorado, what stops it, and a free dated answer for your own case.
- Sealing shoplifting or petty theft in Colorado
How long you wait to seal shoplifting or petty theft in Colorado, what stops it, and a free dated answer for your own case.
- Sealing criminal trespass in Colorado
How long you wait to seal criminal trespass in Colorado, what stops it, and a free dated answer for your own case.
- Sealing felony in Colorado
How long you wait to seal felony in Colorado, what stops it, and a free dated answer for your own case.
- Sealing DUI or DWAI in Colorado
Colorado's sealing statute excludes DUI or DWAI. Here is the citation, and the paths that are still open to you.
- Sealing a domestic violence case in Colorado
Colorado's sealing statute excludes a domestic violence case. Here is the citation, and the paths that are still open to you.
By county
All 64 Colorado counties. The law is identical in each; the court is not.
- Adams
- Alamosa
- Arapahoe
- Archuleta
- Baca
- Bent
- Boulder
- Broomfield
- Chaffee
- Cheyenne
- Clear Creek
- Conejos
- Costilla
- Crowley
- Custer
- Delta
- Denver
- Dolores
- Douglas
- Eagle
- Elbert
- El Paso
- Fremont
- Garfield
- Gilpin
- Grand
- Gunnison
- Hinsdale
- Huerfano
- Jackson
- Jefferson
- Kiowa
- Kit Carson
- Lake
- La Plata
- Larimer
- Las Animas
- Lincoln
- Logan
- Mesa
- Mineral
- Moffat
- Montezuma
- Montrose
- Morgan
- Otero
- Ouray
- Park
- Phillips
- Pitkin
- Prowers
- Pueblo
- Rio Blanco
- Rio Grande
- Routt
- Saguache
- San Juan
- San Miguel
- Sedgwick
- Summit
- Teller
- Washington
- Weld
- Yuma
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