Cowley, WA: RAP SHEET EXPUNGE INFORMATION

A rap sheet happens whenever a person is founded guilty of a crime by a court. The criminal conviction will usually always stay on the person's state rap sheet till a legal movement (demand) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 prior to the same court after a specific time period. For a lot of criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time duration is usually 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all financial responsibilities owed to the court have actually been totally pleased. And there should not be any new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests since the conviction sought to be vacated. If all these prerequisites are satisfied, a lot of community & district courts will usually grant motions to vacate a criminal conviction. That leads to the person no longer having a criminal record for that specific conviction.

An individual whose criminal conviction is vacated may legally mention on future task applications that he/she has never had a criminal record.

Under RCW 9.96.060, a person is restricted to only one getaway of a misdemeanor criminal conviction. Convictions for DUIs and certain misdemeanor sex criminal offenses can not be vacated.

Nonconviction data (police arrest records, prison booking records, fingerprints/ photos (mugshots) records, etc) take place whenever a person is arrested/jailed however no criminal charges are ever filed in court. Such nonconviction data are held by Washington State police for many years. Regional arresting police companies & the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA both maintain nonconviction data.

Under RCW 10.97.060 and WAC 446-16-025, persons may make written requests to expunge/delete such police nonconviction data. These requests should be made to both the regional arresting police company and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA. Such requests will usually be given if there have actually been no charges within two years of the nonconviction data sought to be deleted, and over 3 years have actually passed since the date of the old arrest 

The website for the Washington State Criminal History Section is http://www.wsp.wa.gov/crime/crimhist.htm.

Nonconviction data, like criminal conviction records, can likewise be utilized by property owners to reject rental housing/ apartment or condos and by companies to reject task applications, task promos, etc. Secure your task and future. Call Cowley rap sheet expungement legal representative attorney Paul Hanson to help you clear your old court rap sheet and old police criminal history. He'll help vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old police criminal history, arrest records, fingerprints, photos and other nonconviction data.