Noble, WA: RAP SHEET EXPUNGE INFORMATION

A criminal record happens whenever a person is convicted of a criminal offense by a court. The criminal conviction will generally constantly remain on the person's state rap sheet up 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 the majority of criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time duration is generally 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all financial responsibilities owed to the court have actually been fully satisfied. And there should not be any new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests because the conviction sought to be vacated. If all these prerequisites are satisfied, the majority of municipal & district courts will generally grant movements to vacate a criminal conviction. That results in the person no longer having a criminal record for that specific conviction.

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

Under RCW 9.96.060, a person is restricted to only one trip of a misdemeanor criminal conviction. Convictions for DUIs and certain misdemeanor sex crimes can not be vacated.

Nonconviction information (cops arrest records, jail booking records, finger prints/ pictures (mugshots) records, etc) take place whenever a person is arrested/jailed but no criminal charges are ever filed in court. Such nonconviction information are held by Washington State law enforcement agencies for many years. Regional detaining cops agencies & the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Area in Olympia, WA both maintain nonconviction information.

Under RCW 10.97.060 and WAC 446-16-025, individuals might make written requests to expunge/delete such cops nonconviction information. These requests should be made to both the regional detaining cops agency and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Area in Olympia, WA. Such requests will generally be given if there have actually been no charges within 2 years of the nonconviction information sought to be deleted, and over 3 years have actually passed because the date of the old arrest 

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

Nonconviction information, like criminal conviction records, can also be used by landlords to reject rental housing/ apartment or condos and by employers to reject job applications, job promos, etc. Secure your job and future. Call Noble rap sheet expungement legal representative attorney Paul Hanson to assist you clear your old court rap sheet and old cops criminal history. He'll assist vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old cops criminal history, arrest records, finger prints, pictures and other nonconviction information.