Edmonds, WA: CRIMINAL RECORD EXPUNGE DETAILS

A rap sheet occurs whenever an individual is founded guilty of a criminal offense by a court. The criminal conviction will normally constantly stay on the individual's state rap sheet till a legal motion (demand) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 prior to the exact same court after a particular time period. For the majority of criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time period is normally 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all financial obligations owed to the court have been totally pleased. And there should not be any brand-new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests since the conviction looked for to be vacated. If all these prerequisites are met, the majority of local & district courts will normally grant movements to vacate a criminal conviction. That results in the individual no longer having a criminal record for that particular conviction.

An individual whose criminal conviction is vacated might lawfully specify on future job applications that he/she has never ever had a criminal record.

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

Nonconviction information (police arrest records, prison booking records, finger prints/ images (mugshots) records, etc) happen whenever an individual is arrested/jailed but no criminal charges are ever filed in court. Such nonconviction information are held by Washington State police for several years. Regional detaining police firms & the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Area in Olympia, WA both keep nonconviction information.

Under RCW 10.97.060 and WAC 446-16-025, persons might make written requests to expunge/delete such police nonconviction information. These requests should be made to both the local detaining police agency and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Area in Olympia, WA. Such requests will normally be approved if there have been no charges within two years of the nonconviction information looked for to be deleted, and over 3 years have passed since the date of the old arrest 

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

Nonconviction information, like criminal conviction records, can likewise be used by proprietors to deny rental real estate/ apartment or condos and by employers to deny job applications, job promos, etc. Safeguard your job and future. Call Edmonds rap sheet expungement lawyer attorney Paul Hanson to assist you clear your old court rap sheet and old police criminal history. He'll assist vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old police criminal history, arrest records, finger prints, images and other nonconviction information.

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

Nonconviction information, like criminal conviction records, can likewise be used by proprietors to deny rental real estate/ apartment or condos and by employers to deny job applications, job promos, etc. Safeguard your job and future. Call Edmonds rap sheet expungement lawyer attorney Paul Hanson to assist you clear your old court rap sheet and old police criminal history. He'll assist vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old police criminal history, arrest records, finger prints, images and other nonconviction information.