Cowley, WA: RAP SHEET EXPUNGE INFO

A criminal record happens whenever an individual is convicted of a crime by a court. The criminal conviction will typically always remain on the individual's state criminal record till a legal motion (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 period is typically 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all monetary obligations owed to the court have actually been totally pleased. And there should not be any brand-new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests given that the conviction sought to be vacated. If all these preconditions are fulfilled, many local & district courts will typically grant motions to vacate a criminal conviction. That leads to the individual no longer having a criminal record for that particular conviction.

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

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

Nonconviction information (police arrest records, prison booking records, fingerprints/ pictures (mugshots) records, etc) take place 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 apprehending police 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 may make written requests to expunge/delete such police nonconviction information. These requests should be made to both the regional apprehending police agency and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section 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 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 property managers to reject rental real estate/ apartments and by employers to reject job applications, job promos, and so on. Secure your job and future. Call Cowley criminal record expungement legal representative attorney Paul Hanson to assist you clear your old court criminal record and old police criminal history. He'll assist vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old police criminal history, arrest records, fingerprints, pictures and other nonconviction information.