Edmonds, WA: RAP SHEET EXPUNGE DETAILS

A rap sheet takes place whenever a person is convicted of a criminal offense by a court. The criminal conviction will typically constantly stay on the person's state criminal record till a legal motion (request) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 before the exact same court after a specific period. For most criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time duration is typically 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all monetary responsibilities owed to the court have been totally 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 fulfilled, most community & district courts will typically approve movements 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 legally state on future job applications that he/she has never ever had a rap sheet.

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

Nonconviction data (authorities arrest records, jail booking records, finger prints/ photos (mugshots) records, etc) take place whenever a person is arrested/jailed but no criminal charges are ever filed in court. Such nonconviction data are held by Washington State police for many years. Regional detaining authorities firms & the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Area in Olympia, WA both keep nonconviction data.

Under RCW 10.97.060 and WAC 446-16-025, persons may make written demands to expunge/delete such authorities nonconviction data. These demands must be made to both the local detaining authorities firm and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Area in Olympia, WA. Such demands will typically be granted if there have been no charges within 2 years of the nonconviction data looked for to be erased, and over 3 years have passed given that the date of the old arrest 

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

Nonconviction data, like criminal conviction records, can likewise be utilized by landlords to reject rental real estate/ apartment or condos and by employers to reject job applications, job promos, 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, finger prints, photos and other nonconviction data.

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

Nonconviction data, like criminal conviction records, can likewise be utilized by landlords to reject rental real estate/ apartment or condos and by employers to reject job applications, job promos, 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, finger prints, photos and other nonconviction data.