Arcadia, WA: RAP SHEET EXPUNGE DETAILS

A criminal record occurs whenever an individual is convicted of a criminal offense by a court. The criminal conviction will usually always remain on the person's state criminal record till a legal motion (demand) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 prior to the exact same court after a certain 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 commitments owed to the court have actually been fully satisfied. And there should not be any new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests since the conviction sought to be vacated. If all these prerequisites are fulfilled, a lot of local & district courts will usually grant motions to vacate a criminal conviction. That leads to the person no longer having a criminal record for that particular conviction.

A person whose criminal conviction is vacated might legally state on future job applications that he/she has never had a criminal record.

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

Nonconviction information (authorities arrest records, jail booking records, finger prints/ images (mugshots) records, etc) occur 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. Local jailing authorities companies & the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section 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 authorities nonconviction information. These requests should be made to both the regional jailing authorities company and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA. Such requests will usually be approved if there have actually been no charges within two years of the nonconviction information sought to be deleted, and over 3 years have actually passed since the date of the old arrest 

The site 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 landlords to deny rental housing/ apartment or condos and by employers to deny job applications, job promos, etc. Protect your job and future. Call Arcadia criminal record expungement lawyer attorney Paul Hanson to assist you clear your old court criminal record 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, images and other nonconviction information.

The site 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 landlords to deny rental housing/ apartment or condos and by employers to deny job applications, job promos, etc. Protect your job and future. Call Arcadia criminal record expungement lawyer attorney Paul Hanson to assist you clear your old court criminal record 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, images and other nonconviction information.