Lynnwood, WA: CRIMINAL RECORD EXPUNGE INFORMATION

A criminal record occurs whenever a person is convicted of a criminal offense by a court. The criminal conviction will generally always stay on the person'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 certain time period. For many criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time period is generally 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all financial responsibilities owed to the court have been totally 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 generally grant motions to vacate a criminal conviction. That leads to the person no longer having a rap sheet for that specific conviction.

A person 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, a person 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/ images (mugshots) records, etc) take place whenever a person 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. Regional detaining authorities agencies & the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA both maintain nonconviction data.

Under RCW 10.97.060 and WAC 446-16-025, persons may make written demands to expunge/delete such authorities nonconviction data. These demands must be made to both the local detaining authorities company and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA. Such demands will generally 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 companies 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, images 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 companies 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, images and other nonconviction data.