Cowley, WA: RAP SHEET EXPUNGE INFO

A rap sheet happens whenever a person is convicted of a criminal offense by a court. The criminal conviction will typically always remain on the person's state criminal record up until a legal movement (demand) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 prior to the exact same court after a certain time period. For a lot of criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time period is typically 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all monetary obligations owed to the court have actually been fully satisfied. And there should not be any new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests given that the conviction looked for to be vacated. If all these preconditions are fulfilled, a lot of community & district courts will typically give motions to vacate a criminal conviction. That leads to the person no longer having a rap sheet for that specific conviction.

An individual whose criminal conviction is vacated may lawfully state on future task applications that he/she has never ever had a rap sheet.

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

Nonconviction data (authorities 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 submitted in court. Such nonconviction data are held by Washington State law enforcement agencies for several years. Local apprehending authorities firms & the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA both maintain nonconviction data.

Under RCW 10.97.060 and WAC 446-16-025, individuals may make written requests to expunge/delete such authorities nonconviction data. These requests should be made to both the local apprehending authorities agency and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA. Such requests will typically be given if there have actually been no charges within two years of the nonconviction data looked for 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 Section is http://www.wsp.wa.gov/crime/crimhist.htm.

Nonconviction data, like criminal conviction records, can also be utilized by landlords to deny rental real estate/ apartment or condos and by employers to deny task applications, task promotions, etc. Protect your task and future. Call Cowley criminal record expungement lawyer attorney Paul Hanson to help you clear your old court criminal record 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 data.