Edmonds, WA: CRIMINAL RECORD EXPUNGE DETAILS

A criminal record happens whenever an individual is convicted of a crime 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 exact 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 been fully satisfied. And there should not be any brand-new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests since the conviction looked for to be vacated. If all these preconditions are met, a lot of local & district courts will generally grant motions to vacate a criminal conviction. That results in the individual no longer having a rap sheet for that specific conviction.

A person 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, an individual is restricted to only one holiday of a misdemeanor criminal conviction. Convictions for DUIs and specific misdemeanor sex criminal activities can not be vacated.

Nonconviction information (authorities 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 information are held by Washington State law enforcement agencies for many years. Regional jailing authorities companies & the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA both maintain nonconviction information.

Under RCW 10.97.060 and WAC 446-16-025, persons may make written requests to expunge/delete such authorities nonconviction information. These requests should be made to both the regional jailing authorities firm and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA. Such requests will generally be given if there have been no charges within 2 years of the nonconviction information looked for to be deleted, and over 3 years have 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 information, like criminal conviction records, can likewise be used by landlords to reject rental housing/ houses and by employers to reject job applications, job promotions, etc. Secure your job and future. Call Edmonds criminal record expungement legal representative 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, 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 likewise be used by landlords to reject rental housing/ houses and by employers to reject job applications, job promotions, etc. Secure your job and future. Call Edmonds criminal record expungement legal representative 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, images and other nonconviction information.