Colorado: Juvenile Court Records and Law Enforcement Records (CO-AR-11)

A record relating to a juvenile adjudication for a class 1 misdemeanor or a petty or a misdemeanor offense that is not eligible for expungement under C.R.S.A. § 19-1-306(4) is expunged upon sentence completion, unless victim notification under Title 24 Article 4.1 is required and the victim objects, in which case the record can be expunged after a hearing. C.R.S.A. § 19-1-306(5)(a)(II); (5)(c)-(g).

Record Detail(s)

Misdemeanor (adjudicated)

Previous Conviction Disqualifying

Yes

Mandatory / Discretionary

Mandatory unless opposed by the state

Hearing

Yes, if objection filed

Clearance Process

Automatic

Remedy

Expunge

Ineligible Category or Citation

A person is ineligible if: 1) the person was adjudicated as a mandatory sentence offender or as a repeat juvenile offender. C.R.S.A. § 19-1-306(5)(j); 2) the person was adjudicated as an aggravated juvenile offender, or as a violent juvenile offender; 3) the person was adjudicated of homicide and related offenses pursuant to part 1 of Article 3 of Title 18; 4) the person was adjudicated for a felony offense involving unlawful sexual behavior as described in section 16-22-102 (9); or, 5) the person was charged, adjudicated, or convicted of any traffic offense or infraction pursuant to Title 42. C.R.S.A. § 19-1-306(8)(a)-(d).

Procedure General

The process is automatic unless victim notification under Title 24 Article 4.1 is required and the victim objects. For the specific procedure, see C.R.S.A. § 19-1-306(5).

Fees

There is no fee.

Effect

The person may assert that he or she has no juvenile delinquency record and may lawfully deny that he or she has ever been arrested, charged, adjudicated, convicted, or sentenced in regard to the expunged case, matter, or charge. C.R.S.A. § 19-1-306(1)(a). Expungement must be effectuated by physically sealing or conspicuously indicating on the face of the record or at the beginning of the computerized file of the record that the record has been designated as expunged. C.R.S.A. § 19-1-306(2)(g). Such information is not available to an agency of the military forces of the United States. C.R.S.A. § 19-1-306(3)(a). Any record that is ordered expunged is available to any judge and the probation department for use in any future proceeding in which the person is charged with an offense as either a juvenile or as an adult or in any subsequent criminal investigation or prosecution as a substantive predicate offense conviction or adjudication of record. C.R.S.A. § 19-1-306(3)(b)-(c) For additional information about effect, see C.R.S.A. § 19-1-306(3)(b)-(c).

Waiting Periods

The record can be expunged upon completion of the sentence.

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