Colorado statute
C.R.S. § 24-72-707 — Sealing of criminal conviction records information for offenses committed by victims of human trafficking.
Current through 2025 Regular Session
Part of Part 7: CRIMINAL JUSTICE RECORD SEALING, Colorado Revised Statutes.
Full text of C.R.S. § 24-72-707
Statutory text current through the 2025 Regular Session. This is an officially sanctioned publication using the official text of the Colorado Revised Statutes; it is not the official statutes of the State of Colorado.
(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). (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. (2) A defendant moving to have his or her criminal records sealed pursuant to this section is not required to pay a processing fee. (3) The court shall order the records sealed after: (a) The petition is filed; and (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.
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