Cowley, WA: RAP SHEET EXPUNGE DETAILS

A rap sheet happens whenever an individual is convicted of a criminal offense by a court. The criminal conviction will usually constantly remain on the person's state rap sheet till a legal movement (demand) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 before the exact same court after a certain time period. For a lot of criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time period is usually 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all monetary commitments owed to the court have actually been fully satisfied. And there must not be any brand-new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests given that the conviction looked for to be vacated. If all these preconditions are met, a lot of community & district courts will usually grant motions to vacate a criminal conviction. That results in the person no longer having a criminal record for that particular 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, an individual is limited to just one getaway of a misdemeanor criminal conviction. Convictions for DUIs and particular misdemeanor sex criminal activities can not be vacated.

Nonconviction data (police arrest records, prison booking records, finger prints/ images (mugshots) records, etc) happen whenever an individual is arrested/jailed however no criminal charges are ever submitted in court. Such nonconviction data are held by Washington State police for many years. Local arresting police agencies & 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 local arresting police agency and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA. Such requests will usually be given if there have actually been no charges within two years of the nonconviction data looked for to be erased, 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 housing/ homes and by companies to deny job applications, job promos, and so on. Safeguard your job and future. Call Cowley rap sheet expungement lawyer attorney Paul Hanson to assist you clear your old court rap sheet and old police criminal history. He'll assist vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old police criminal history, arrest records, finger prints, images and other nonconviction data.