Abbey Moffitt featured on Denver 7 News discussing Record Sealing

Abbey Moffitt of A. Moffitt Law was featured on Denver 7 discussing Colorado's Clean Slate Act - Senate Bill 22-099.

In July 2024, hundreds of thousands of criminal convictions began to be automatically sealed in Colorado due to the law passed in 2022. Abbey Moffitt testified in support of SB 22-099, drawing from direct experience she has seen as a practitioner in the court room. A client can encounter many obstacles when going through the petition-based process to seal criminal conviction records. Automatic record clearance puts the financial and administrative burden on the courts to seal records when certain requirements are met.

In July 2024, the Colorado courts began automatically sealing misdemeanors convictions once seven years have passed from the final date of the case, as long as the defendant had no new cases. In July 2025, the courts will begin to automatically seal felony conviction records, once ten years have passed. Next month also marks the time when courts will begin automatically sealing non-conviction records when a case has been dismissed due to a deferred judgment, a diversion agreement, or an acquittal at trial.

Only certain types of convictions are eligible under the law to be able to seal automatically or through the petition-based process. Generally, crimes without a victim like theft, possession of a controlled substance, and trespassing are eligible offenses. For a more comprehensive list of eligible offenses, visit my blog post here.

For more information, watch the Denver 7 video below, or schedule a record sealing consultation with A. Moffitt Law at amoffittlaw.com/book.