Noble, WA: RAP SHEET EXPUNGE INFORMATION

A rap sheet occurs whenever a person is founded guilty of a criminal offense by a court. The criminal conviction will generally always remain on the person's state rap sheet till 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 duration is generally 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all financial obligations owed to the court have actually been fully pleased. And there should not be any brand-new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests because the conviction looked for to be vacated. If all these prerequisites are satisfied, many municipal & district courts will generally grant motions to vacate a criminal conviction. That results in the person no longer having a rap sheet 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 rap sheet.

Under RCW 9.96.060, a person is limited to only one getaway of a misdemeanor criminal conviction. Convictions for DUIs and particular misdemeanor sex criminal offenses can not be vacated.

Nonconviction information (police arrest records, jail booking records, finger prints/ images (mugshots) records, etc) take place whenever a person is arrested/jailed however no criminal charges are ever filed in court. Such nonconviction information are held by Washington State police for many years. Regional detaining 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 might make written demands to expunge/delete such police nonconviction information. These demands should be made to both the regional detaining police agency and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Area in Olympia, WA. Such demands will generally be given if there have actually been no charges within two years of the nonconviction information looked for 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 utilized by property owners to reject rental housing/ apartments and by employers to reject job applications, job promotions, etc. Safeguard 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 police criminal history. He'll assist vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old police criminal history, arrest records, finger prints, images and other nonconviction information.