Edmonds, WA: CRIMINAL RECORD EXPUNGE DETAILS

A criminal record happens whenever a person is convicted of a criminal offense by a court. The criminal conviction will generally constantly stay on the individual's state criminal record up until a legal movement (request) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 before the same court after a specific period. For a lot of criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time period is generally 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all monetary obligations owed to the court have actually been completely 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 generally approve movements to vacate a criminal conviction. That results in the individual no longer having a criminal record for that specific conviction.

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

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

Nonconviction information (authorities arrest records, jail booking records, fingerprints/ images (mugshots) records, etc) occur whenever a person is arrested/jailed however no criminal charges are ever filed in court. Such nonconviction information are held by Washington State law enforcement agencies for several years. Regional detaining authorities 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 might make written demands to expunge/delete such authorities nonconviction information. These demands must be made to both the regional detaining authorities firm and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA. Such demands will generally be given if there have actually been no charges within 2 years of the nonconviction information 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 information, like criminal conviction records, can also be used by property owners to deny rental housing/ apartments and by employers to deny job applications, job promotions, etc. Safeguard your job and future. Call Edmonds criminal record expungement lawyer attorney Paul Hanson to assist you clear your old court criminal record and old authorities criminal history. He'll assist vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old authorities criminal history, arrest records, fingerprints, images and other nonconviction information.

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

Nonconviction information, like criminal conviction records, can also be used by property owners to deny rental housing/ apartments and by employers to deny job applications, job promotions, etc. Safeguard your job and future. Call Edmonds criminal record expungement lawyer attorney Paul Hanson to assist you clear your old court criminal record and old authorities criminal history. He'll assist vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old authorities criminal history, arrest records, fingerprints, images and other nonconviction information.