{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-24-72-707","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 24-72-707","heading":"Sealing of criminal conviction records information for offenses committed by victims of human trafficking.","body":"(1) 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).\n\n(1.5) A person charged with or convicted of prostitution, as described in section 18-7-201, or any corresponding municipal code or ordinance, which offense was committed as a direct result of being a victim of human trafficking, as defined in section 18-7-201.3 (4), may file a motion with the court for a sealing of the person's records.\n\n(2) A defendant moving to have his or her criminal records sealed pursuant to this section is not required to pay a processing fee.\n\n(3) The court shall order the records sealed after:\n\n(a) The petition is filed; and\n\n(b) The defendant establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that, at the time the defendant committed the offense, the defendant had been trafficked by another person, as described in section 18-3-503 or 18-3-504, for the purpose of performing the offense. Official documentation from a federal, state, local, or tribal government agency indicating that the defendant was a victim of human trafficking at the time of the offense creates a presumption that the defendant's participation in the offense was the direct result of being a victim of human trafficking.","path":["Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE","Article 72 - Public Records","Part 7 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE RECORD SEALING"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-24.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"4eeca709b6c701815cf4071386e9880718768020f658dfc65a86303ae8d1f7e7","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-24-72-706","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-24-72-708"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}