Noble, WA: RAP SHEET EXPUNGE DETAILS

A rap sheet occurs whenever a person is founded guilty of a criminal offense by a court. The criminal conviction will generally constantly stay on the individual's state rap sheet until a legal movement (demand) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 before the very same court after a specific 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 monetary responsibilities owed to the court have been completely pleased. And there must not be any brand-new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests since the conviction looked for to be vacated. If all these prerequisites are fulfilled, many local & district courts will generally give movements to vacate a criminal conviction. That results in the individual no longer having a criminal record for that specific conviction.

An individual whose criminal conviction is vacated may legally mention 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 vacation of a misdemeanor criminal conviction. Convictions for DUIs and particular misdemeanor sex criminal activities can not be vacated.

Nonconviction information (authorities arrest records, prison booking records, finger prints/ photos (mugshots) records, etc) occur 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 several years. Regional arresting authorities companies & the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Area in Olympia, WA both retain nonconviction information.

Under RCW 10.97.060 and WAC 446-16-025, individuals may make written requests to expunge/delete such authorities nonconviction information. These requests must be made to both the local arresting authorities company and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Area in Olympia, WA. Such requests will generally be approved if there have been no charges within 2 years of the nonconviction information looked for to be erased, and over 3 years have passed since the date of the old arrest 

The site 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 deny rental housing/ apartments and by companies to deny job applications, job promotions, and so on. 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 authorities criminal history. He'll assist vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old authorities criminal history, arrest records, finger prints, photos and other nonconviction information.