Stevens, WA: CRIMINAL RECORD EXPUNGE INFO

A criminal record takes place whenever an individual is convicted of a criminal offense by a court. The criminal conviction will usually constantly remain on the person's state rap sheet till a legal motion (demand) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 before the same court after a specific period. For the majority of criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time duration is usually 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all financial obligations owed to the court have been completely satisfied. And there must not be any new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests since the conviction sought to be vacated. If all these preconditions are fulfilled, the majority of local & district courts will usually grant movements 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 legally specify on future task applications that he/she has never had a criminal record.

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

Nonconviction information (authorities arrest records, jail booking records, finger prints/ pictures (mugshots) records, etc) happen whenever an individual is arrested/jailed but no criminal charges are ever submitted in court. Such nonconviction information are held by Washington State law enforcement agencies for many years. Regional arresting authorities agencies & the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA both maintain nonconviction information.

Under RCW 10.97.060 and WAC 446-16-025, individuals may make written demands to expunge/delete such authorities nonconviction information. These demands must be made to both the local arresting authorities agency and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA. Such demands will usually be given if there have been no charges within two years of the nonconviction information sought to be erased, and over 3 years have 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 information, like criminal conviction records, can likewise be used by property owners to deny rental real estate/ apartment or condos and by employers to deny task applications, task promotions, and so on. Safeguard your task and future. Call Stevens rap sheet expungement legal representative attorney Paul Hanson to assist you clear your old court rap sheet and old authorities criminal history. He'll assist vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old authorities criminal history, arrest records, finger prints, pictures and other nonconviction information.