Pontiac, WA: CRIMINAL RECORD EXPUNGE INFORMATION

A rap sheet happens whenever an individual is convicted of a crime by a court. The criminal conviction will usually constantly remain on the person's state rap sheet until a legal motion (demand) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 prior to the very same court after a certain time period. For most criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time duration is usually 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all monetary commitments owed to the court have been totally satisfied. And there must not be any new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests considering that the conviction looked for to be vacated. If all these preconditions are satisfied, most municipal & district courts will usually grant movements to vacate a criminal conviction. That leads to the person no longer having a rap sheet for that particular conviction.

An individual whose criminal conviction is vacated may lawfully state on future job applications that he/she has never had a rap sheet.

Under RCW 9.96.060, an individual is limited to just one trip of a misdemeanor criminal conviction. Convictions for DUIs and particular misdemeanor sex criminal offenses can not be vacated.

Nonconviction data (authorities arrest records, prison booking records, fingerprints/ pictures (mugshots) records, etc) occur whenever an individual is arrested/jailed however no criminal charges are ever filed in court. Such nonconviction data are held by Washington State law enforcement agencies for several years. Local jailing authorities agencies & the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Area in Olympia, WA both maintain nonconviction data.

Under RCW 10.97.060 and WAC 446-16-025, individuals may make written demands to expunge/delete such authorities nonconviction data. These demands must be made to both the local jailing authorities company 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 considering that 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 likewise be utilized by landlords to reject rental real estate/ apartments and by employers to reject job applications, job promos, etc. Protect your job and future. Call Pontiac 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, fingerprints, pictures and other nonconviction data.