Cowley, WA: RAP SHEET EXPUNGE INFO

A criminal record happens whenever a person is convicted of a crime by a court. The criminal conviction will typically always remain on the individual's state rap sheet till a legal movement (demand) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 prior to the same court after a specific time period. For many criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time duration is typically 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all monetary responsibilities owed to the court have actually been totally satisfied. And there need to not be any brand-new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests given that the conviction sought to be vacated. If all these preconditions are fulfilled, many community & district courts will typically grant motions to vacate a criminal conviction. That leads to the individual no longer having a rap sheet for that particular conviction.

A person whose criminal conviction is vacated may lawfully state on future job applications that he/she has never had a rap sheet.

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

Nonconviction information (authorities arrest records, prison booking records, finger prints/ pictures (mugshots) records, etc) occur whenever a person is arrested/jailed but no criminal charges are ever submitted in court. Such nonconviction information are held by Washington State police for several years. Regional detaining authorities agencies & 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 may make written requests to expunge/delete such authorities nonconviction information. These requests need to be made to both the regional detaining authorities company and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Area in Olympia, WA. Such requests will typically be approved if there have actually been no charges within 2 years of the nonconviction information sought to be deleted, and over 3 years have actually passed given that the date of the old arrest 

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

Nonconviction information, like criminal conviction records, can also be used by landlords to reject rental real estate/ apartments and by employers to reject job applications, job promos, etc. Safeguard your job and future. Call Cowley rap sheet expungement legal representative attorney Paul Hanson to help you clear your old court rap sheet and old authorities criminal history. He'll help vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old authorities criminal history, arrest records, finger prints, pictures and other nonconviction information.