The NEW ability to seal a criminal conviction may be the most significant change in Colorado law in many years. If you have a criminal conviction on your record, be it for a felony or a misdemeanor, you know how hard that can make it to get a job, secure a promotion, buy or rent a home, or even volunteer your child’s school. You know how embarrassing it can be to check the box admitting to a prior crime and how that might ruin your chance of securing a job and better future for you and your family.
Due to significant law changes, you may now be able to seal the file for your criminal case and move on with the good and beneficial things occurring in your life. Colorado now recognizes that your past does not always have to haunt you forever—that you may be deserving of an opportunity to put past indiscretions behind you and finally move on to a better future. While not everyone is eligible to seal their file, significantly more people are than ever before and for many more possible crimes than ever before!
If you think you may be eligible to seal your file, please review the attached article (just click the link at the bottom of this page)—in particular the chart which breaks out what type of convictions are eligible and when sealing can occur. Please contact my office if you have any questions or need help sealing your file.
Due to significant law changes, you may now be able to seal the file for your criminal case and move on with the good and beneficial things occurring in your life. Colorado now recognizes that your past does not always have to haunt you forever—that you may be deserving of an opportunity to put past indiscretions behind you and finally move on to a better future. While not everyone is eligible to seal their file, significantly more people are than ever before and for many more possible crimes than ever before!
If you think you may be eligible to seal your file, please review the attached article (just click the link at the bottom of this page)—in particular the chart which breaks out what type of convictions are eligible and when sealing can occur. Please contact my office if you have any questions or need help sealing your file.
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