Cowley, WA: RAP SHEET EXPUNGE INFORMATION

A rap sheet takes place whenever a person is founded guilty of a criminal offense by a court. The criminal conviction will generally constantly remain on the person's state criminal record till a legal motion (request) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 before the same court after a particular period. For the majority of criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time period is generally 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all financial obligations owed to the court have been totally satisfied. And there must not be any brand-new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests given that the conviction looked for to be vacated. If all these preconditions are fulfilled, the majority of community & district courts will generally give motions to vacate a criminal conviction. That results in the person no longer having a criminal record for that specific conviction.

A person whose criminal conviction is vacated may lawfully state on future task applications that he/she has never ever had a criminal record.

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

Nonconviction information (cops arrest records, jail booking records, fingerprints/ pictures (mugshots) records, etc) occur whenever a person is arrested/jailed however no criminal charges are ever filed in court. Such nonconviction information are held by Washington State police for many years. Local apprehending cops firms & the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA both retain nonconviction information.

Under RCW 10.97.060 and WAC 446-16-025, individuals may make written demands to expunge/delete such cops nonconviction information. These demands must be made to both the local apprehending cops agency and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA. Such demands will generally be given if there have been no charges within 2 years of the nonconviction information looked for to be deleted, and over 3 years have passed given that 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 information, like criminal conviction records, can also be used by property owners to reject rental housing/ apartment or condos and by companies to reject task applications, task promotions, etc. Safeguard your task and future. Call Cowley criminal record expungement lawyer attorney Paul Hanson to assist you clear your old court criminal record and old cops criminal history. He'll assist vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old cops criminal history, arrest records, fingerprints, pictures and other nonconviction information.