Lynnwood, WA: CRIMINAL RECORD EXPUNGE INFORMATION

A criminal record occurs whenever an individual is convicted of a crime by a court. The criminal conviction will typically always stay on the person's state criminal record till a legal motion (demand) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 before the same court after a particular time period. For many criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time period is typically 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all monetary commitments owed to the court have been completely pleased. And there must not be any new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests since the conviction sought to be vacated. If all these preconditions are met, many community & district courts will typically grant motions to vacate a criminal conviction. That leads to the person no longer having a rap sheet for that particular conviction.

An individual whose criminal conviction is vacated may lawfully state on future job applications that he/she has never had a rap sheet.

Under RCW 9.96.060, an individual is limited to just one holiday of a misdemeanor criminal conviction. Convictions for DUIs and certain misdemeanor sex crimes can not be vacated.

Nonconviction data (authorities arrest records, jail booking records, finger prints/ pictures (mugshots) records, etc) happen whenever an individual is arrested/jailed but no criminal charges are ever filed in court. Such nonconviction data are held by Washington State law enforcement agencies for several years. Regional arresting authorities agencies & 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 demands to expunge/delete such authorities nonconviction data. These demands must be made to both the local arresting authorities company and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA. Such demands will typically be given if there have been no charges within 2 years of the nonconviction data sought to be erased, 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 data, like criminal conviction records, can likewise be used by property owners to deny rental real estate/ houses and by employers to deny job applications, job promos, and so on. Protect your job and future. Call Lynnwood criminal record expungement lawyer attorney Paul Hanson to help you clear your old court criminal record and old authorities criminal history. He'll help vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old authorities criminal history, arrest records, finger prints, pictures and other nonconviction data.

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

Nonconviction data, like criminal conviction records, can likewise be used by property owners to deny rental real estate/ houses and by employers to deny job applications, job promos, and so on. Protect your job and future. Call Lynnwood criminal record expungement lawyer attorney Paul Hanson to help you clear your old court criminal record and old authorities criminal history. He'll help vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old authorities criminal history, arrest records, finger prints, pictures and other nonconviction data.