Georgetown, WA: CRIMINAL RECORD EXPUNGE DETAILS

A criminal record occurs whenever an individual is convicted of a criminal offense by a court. The criminal conviction will usually always remain on the individual's state criminal record until a legal motion (request) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 before the very same court after a specific time period. For the majority of criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time duration is usually 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all monetary responsibilities owed to the court have been fully pleased. And there must not be any new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests considering that the conviction sought to be vacated. If all these preconditions are fulfilled, the majority of municipal & district courts will usually give movements to vacate a criminal conviction. That leads to the individual no longer having a rap sheet for that specific conviction.

An individual whose criminal conviction is vacated may legally mention 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 vacation of a misdemeanor criminal conviction. Convictions for DUIs and particular misdemeanor sex crimes can not be vacated.

Nonconviction data (police arrest records, jail booking records, fingerprints/ pictures (mugshots) records, etc) occur whenever an individual is arrested/jailed however no criminal charges are ever filed in court. Such nonconviction data are held by Washington State law enforcement agencies for many years. Local jailing 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 must be made to both the regional jailing police agency and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA. Such requests will usually be granted if there have been no charges within two years of the nonconviction data sought to be deleted, and over 3 years have passed considering that 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 used by property managers to reject rental real estate/ apartment or condos and by employers to reject job applications, job promos, etc. Secure your job and future. Call Georgetown 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, fingerprints, pictures 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 used by property managers to reject rental real estate/ apartment or condos and by employers to reject job applications, job promos, etc. Secure your job and future. Call Georgetown 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, fingerprints, pictures and other nonconviction data.