# All other offenses · Colorado — Criminal record expungement and sealing waiting periods by state

For All other offenses · Colorado, waiting period is five years; measured from is the later of the date of the final disposition of all criminal proceedings against the defendant or the release of the defendant from supervision concerning a criminal conviction; section is 24-72-706, verified against its source on 2026-09-02.

- **Offense class:** All other offenses _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **State:** Colorado
- **Waiting period:** five years _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Measured from:** the later of the date of the final disposition of all criminal proceedings against the defendant or the release of the defendant from supervision concerning a criminal conviction _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Section:** 24-72-706 _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_

## What the source says

> Subject to the limitations in subsection (2) of this section, for all other offenses, the petition may be filed five years after the later of the date of the final disposition of all criminal proceedings against the defendant or the release of the defendant from supervision concerning a criminal conviction.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Section

> Section 24-72-706 Sealing of criminal conviction and criminal justice records

## Source

- https://colorado.public.law/statutes/crs_24-72-706

Last verified: 2026-09-02. Review by: 2027-09-02.
Part of [Criminal record expungement and sealing waiting periods by state](https://referencesource.org/criminal-record-expungement-waiting-periods-by-state/).