Noble, WA: RAP SHEET EXPUNGE DETAILS

A criminal record takes place whenever a person is founded guilty of a crime by a court. The criminal conviction will usually constantly remain 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 very same court after a particular period. For many criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time period is usually 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all monetary responsibilities owed to the court have been completely satisfied. And there need to not be any new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests because the conviction looked for to be vacated. If all these prerequisites are fulfilled, many local & district courts will usually 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 mention on future job applications that he/she has never had a criminal record.

Under RCW 9.96.060, a person is restricted to just one holiday of a misdemeanor criminal conviction. Convictions for DUIs and particular misdemeanor sex criminal activities can not be vacated.

Nonconviction data (authorities arrest records, prison booking records, fingerprints/ photos (mugshots) records, etc) occur whenever a person is arrested/jailed but no criminal charges are ever filed in court. Such nonconviction data are held by Washington State police for many years. Regional arresting authorities agencies & the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Area in Olympia, WA both retain nonconviction data.

Under RCW 10.97.060 and WAC 446-16-025, individuals might make written demands to expunge/delete such authorities nonconviction data. These demands need to be made to both the local arresting authorities agency and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Area in Olympia, WA. Such demands will usually be granted if there have been no charges within 2 years of the nonconviction data looked for to be erased, and over 3 years have 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 data, like criminal conviction records, can also be used by property owners to reject rental housing/ apartment or condos and by employers to reject job applications, job promotions, etc. Safeguard your job and future. Call Noble criminal record expungement lawyer attorney Paul Hanson to assist you clear your old court criminal record and old authorities criminal history. He'll assist vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old authorities criminal history, arrest records, fingerprints, photos and other nonconviction data.