In California, you can expunge a felony conviction by: completing the necessary expungement application forms, filing them in the court that heard your case, and appearing before a judge at the expungement hearing. Many felony convictions are eligible for expungement, though some sex crimes are not. Expungements are more difficult if you served prison time. …
In Colorado, convictions for domestic violence criminal charges can never be sealed or expunged from your record. It does not matter whether the conviction was for a felony or misdemeanor, or whether you were adjudged guilty through a trial or a plea agreement. However, domestic violence cases that get dismissed are automatically sealed from your record …
The terms “expunging” and “sealing” are often used interchangeably because both processes lead to the same result: Your criminal record no longer coming up on background checks. However, expunging is technically different from sealing. When a criminal record gets expunged in Colorado, it is physically destroyed. There is no trace of the record left for …