Cowley, WA: RAP SHEET EXPUNGE DETAILS

A rap sheet happens whenever a person is founded guilty of a criminal offense by a court. The criminal conviction will generally always stay on the person'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 period. For many criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time duration is generally 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all financial obligations owed to the court have actually been totally satisfied. And there must not be any new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests since the conviction sought to be vacated. If all these prerequisites are satisfied, many community & district courts will generally grant motions to vacate a criminal conviction. That leads to the person no longer having a criminal record for that specific conviction.

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

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

Nonconviction data (police arrest records, prison booking records, fingerprints/ photos (mugshots) records, etc) take place whenever a person is arrested/jailed however no criminal charges are ever filed in court. Such nonconviction data are held by Washington State law enforcement agencies for several years. Regional detaining police companies & the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA both maintain nonconviction data.

Under RCW 10.97.060 and WAC 446-16-025, persons might make written requests to expunge/delete such police nonconviction data. These requests must be made to both the regional detaining police company and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA. Such requests will generally be approved if there have actually been no charges within two years of the nonconviction data sought to be deleted, and over 3 years have actually 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 data, like criminal conviction records, can also be utilized by property managers to deny rental real estate/ homes and by companies to deny job applications, job promos, etc. Secure 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 police criminal history. He'll help vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old police criminal history, arrest records, fingerprints, photos and other nonconviction data.