Edmonds, WA: RAP SHEET EXPUNGE INFORMATION

A rap sheet takes place whenever a person is founded guilty of a crime by a court. The criminal conviction will normally always remain on the person's state rap sheet until a legal movement (demand) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 before the exact same court after a particular period. For most criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time period is normally 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all monetary commitments owed to the court have been fully pleased. And there should not be any new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests considering that the conviction sought to be vacated. If all these preconditions are fulfilled, most local & district courts will normally 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 might lawfully state on future job applications that he/she has never ever had a criminal record.

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

Nonconviction data (cops arrest records, prison booking records, finger prints/ pictures (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 several years. Regional detaining cops 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 might make written requests to expunge/delete such cops nonconviction data. These requests should be made to both the local detaining cops company and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA. Such requests will normally be approved if there have been no charges within 2 years of the nonconviction data sought to be deleted, and over 3 years have passed considering 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 data, like criminal conviction records, can likewise be used by property owners to reject rental real estate/ apartment or condos and by employers to reject job applications, job promotions, and so on. Protect your job and future. Call Edmonds rap sheet expungement lawyer attorney Paul Hanson to help you clear your old court rap sheet and old cops criminal history. He'll help vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old cops criminal history, arrest records, finger prints, pictures and other nonconviction data.

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 used by property owners to reject rental real estate/ apartment or condos and by employers to reject job applications, job promotions, and so on. Protect your job and future. Call Edmonds rap sheet expungement lawyer attorney Paul Hanson to help you clear your old court rap sheet and old cops criminal history. He'll help vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old cops criminal history, arrest records, finger prints, pictures and other nonconviction data.