Edmonds, WA: RAP SHEET EXPUNGE DETAILS

A rap sheet occurs whenever an individual is founded guilty of a criminal offense by a court. The criminal conviction will normally always stay on the individual's state criminal record until a legal movement (request) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 prior to the same court after a particular time period. For the majority of criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time duration is normally 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all financial responsibilities owed to the court have actually been totally pleased. And there need to not be any new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests since the conviction looked for to be vacated. If all these prerequisites are fulfilled, the majority of local & district courts will normally give motions to vacate a criminal conviction. That leads to the individual no longer having a criminal record for that particular conviction.

An individual whose criminal conviction is vacated may lawfully mention on future task applications that he/she has never had a criminal record.

Under RCW 9.96.060, an individual is limited to only one getaway of a misdemeanor criminal conviction. Convictions for DUIs and particular misdemeanor sex criminal offenses can not be vacated.

Nonconviction data (police arrest records, jail booking records, finger prints/ images (mugshots) records, etc) happen whenever an individual is arrested/jailed but no criminal charges are ever submitted in court. Such nonconviction data are held by Washington State law enforcement agencies for several years. Local detaining police firms & the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA both retain nonconviction data.

Under RCW 10.97.060 and WAC 446-16-025, individuals may make written requests to expunge/delete such police nonconviction data. These requests need to be made to both the local detaining police firm and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA. Such requests will normally be approved 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 since the date of the old arrest 

The site 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 real estate/ apartment or condos and by employers to deny task applications, task promotions, etc. Secure your task and future. Call Edmonds criminal record expungement legal representative attorney Paul Hanson to help you clear your old court criminal record and old police criminal history. He'll help 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 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 real estate/ apartment or condos and by employers to deny task applications, task promotions, etc. Secure your task and future. Call Edmonds criminal record expungement legal representative attorney Paul Hanson to help you clear your old court criminal record and old police criminal history. He'll help vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old police criminal history, arrest records, finger prints, images and other nonconviction data.