Every number this engine uses, and the statute behind it.

What the Check tells you about one case

Seven facts per case, and no prediction of what a judge will do.

The waiting periods

Months from the start of the clock. The clock starts at the later of final disposition and the end of probation, parole or jail.

1. The Gap is the reason this company exists: the years you could have been sealed and were not.
2. Some class 2 and 3 misdemeanors and lower felonies open sooner than the class row shows. We say so as a caveat rather than modelling it, which is the first thing we want corrected.
3. Automatic sealing began in July 2024 and older cases are worked through in batches. An Automatic date in the past is a statutory clock, never a promise that it happened.

The money, and who is paid it

None of the money below is ours. The one payment we take is $49 for the Filing Packet, and the Answer is free whether you buy it or not.

House Bill 24-1133 files the conviction motion into the criminal case that already exists, so no case-opening fee is charged on top of the $65.

The statute behind each path

The forms, and what we leave blank

The motion or request first, then the order a judge signs. Both are free from the Colorado Judicial Branch, and you can file them yourself without us.

We fill the caption, the case number and who you are. Every statutory election, and the signature, we leave blank for you.

What the statute excludes

No waiting period reaches these. When one applies we say so, and no Filing Packet is offered for that case.

• Driving under the influence, C.R.S. § 42-4-1301
• An offense involving unlawful sexual behavior
• An offense whose factual basis involved domestic violence
• A crime of violence, or a class 1, 2 or 3 felony
• Child abuse, or an offense against a child
• Only class 1 or 2 misdemeanor traffic offenses, or class A or B traffic infractions

Listed in full on page 3 of JDF 612. Whether this list is complete and fairly worded for a layperson is the correction we want most.

The branches, in the order the engine takes them

The first one that matches decides the case. Read top to bottom.

1. 01

   The case was in a municipal court

   Flagged. City courts run their own sealing process, and we say so instead of applying the state clock to it.

2. 02

   You are not sure how the case ended, or no usable month is known

   We refuse to answer, and list the free ways to find out. Nothing is sold on a guess.

3. 03

   Dismissed, dropped or acquitted

   Non-conviction path, no waiting period, no court fee. We also tell you the court is supposed to seal it without being asked.

4. 04

   Arrested and never charged

   Arrest-record path, sealable once the time limit to charge has passed. We flag that limit as the thing to check.

5. 05

   Convicted, and the offense is on the excluded list

   We say the statute excludes it and name the subsection. No Filing Packet is offered, and no waiting period is quoted.

6. 06

   Convicted, but something in the record blocks it

   A conviction since, a case open now, or restitution still owed. We say what has to clear first and sell nothing.

7. 07

   Convicted, and clear

   Eligibility is the clock plus the motion period, Automatic is the clock plus the state period. If the Automatic Date has passed we say the case may already be sealed and tell you to check before spending anything.

8. 08

   Convicted, and the class is unknown

   We give a range from petty through felony, and offer the packet only when even the longest clock has already run.

What this engine will not do

1. We never say a court will grant the motion. The Eligibility Date is the first month it may be filed.
2. We never fill a statutory election or sign anything for you.
3. We never take an email address before an Answer exists, and we ask for a name only after a packet is bought.
4. Where the statute leaves a judge discretion, we say so in those words rather than guessing which way it goes.
5. When we guess your offense class from the words you typed, you confirm or override it, ties resolve to the more serious class, and “not sure” widens the answer instead of narrowing it.

Where we most want to be corrected

Ranked. These are the five questions we put in writing to Colorado attorneys, and they are open until someone answers them.

1. 01

   C.R.S. § 24-72-706(2)

   Is the exclusion list complete, and is it worded fairly for someone reading it alone?

   This is the branch that tells a person no. Getting it wrong in either direction is the worst error this product can make.

2. 02

   C.R.S. § 24-72-706(1)

   Are four class rows the right granularity, or should the shorter clocks be modelled?

   Some class 2 and 3 misdemeanors and lower felonies open sooner. Today that is a caveat in words rather than a number.

3. 03

   HB 24-1133

   Should a successfully completed deferred judgment have its own branch?

   We treat it as a non-conviction with no waiting period. There is no separate deferred-judgment branch, and we are not certain there should not be.

4. 04

   C.R.S. § 24-72-706(1)(h)

   Are the fee figures current in every judicial district?

   The fee is the number a person acts on the same week. We were already wrong about it once, by $159, until someone quoted the statute at us.

5. 05

   C.R.S. § 24-72-706(1)(b)

   Is “the later of disposition and the end of supervision” the right clock start in every case?

   Every date we print moves if this is wrong, including the Gap. It is the single assumption with the widest reach.

This is legal information, not legal advice