Noble, WA: RAP SHEET EXPUNGE INFO

A rap sheet takes place whenever an individual is founded guilty of a crime by a court. The criminal conviction will normally constantly remain on the individual's state criminal record till a legal movement (demand) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 before the very same court after a certain time period. For the majority of criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time period is normally 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all monetary responsibilities owed to the court have been completely satisfied. And there must not be any brand-new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests since the conviction looked for to be vacated. If all these preconditions are met, the majority of local & district courts will normally give motions to vacate a criminal conviction. That leads to the individual no longer having a rap sheet for that specific conviction.

A person 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 limited to just one holiday of a misdemeanor criminal conviction. Convictions for DUIs and certain misdemeanor sex criminal offenses can not be vacated.

Nonconviction information (police arrest records, prison booking records, finger prints/ photos (mugshots) records, etc) occur whenever an individual is arrested/jailed however no criminal charges are ever submitted in court. Such nonconviction information are held by Washington State police for several years. Regional arresting police 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 may make written requests to expunge/delete such police nonconviction information. These requests must be made to both the local arresting police company and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Area in Olympia, WA. Such requests will normally be given if there have been no charges within 2 years of the nonconviction information looked for to be deleted, and over 3 years have passed since 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 property managers to reject rental housing/ apartment or condos and by employers to reject job applications, job promotions, and so on. Safeguard your job and future. Call Noble criminal record expungement lawyer 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, photos and other nonconviction information.