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 typically always stay on the individual's state criminal record till a legal motion (request) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 prior to the very same court after a particular time period. For most criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time period is typically 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all monetary responsibilities owed to the court have been fully satisfied. And there must not be any brand-new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests since the conviction sought to be vacated. If all these prerequisites are satisfied, most municipal & district courts will typically give motions to vacate a criminal conviction. That results in the individual no longer having a criminal record for that particular conviction.

An individual whose criminal conviction is vacated might lawfully state on future job applications that he/she has never ever had a criminal record.

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

Nonconviction data (police arrest records, prison booking records, finger prints/ images (mugshots) records, etc) happen 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. Local jailing police companies & the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Area in Olympia, WA both maintain nonconviction data.

Under RCW 10.97.060 and WAC 446-16-025, individuals might make written requests to expunge/delete such police nonconviction data. These requests must be made to both the regional jailing police agency and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Area in Olympia, WA. Such requests will typically be approved if there have been no charges within 2 years of the nonconviction data sought to be deleted, and over 3 years have passed since the date of the old arrest 

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

Nonconviction data, like criminal conviction records, can also be utilized by property owners 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 lawyer attorney Paul Hanson to assist you clear your old court criminal record 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.

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

Nonconviction data, like criminal conviction records, can also be utilized by property owners 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 lawyer attorney Paul Hanson to assist you clear your old court criminal record 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.