Pontiac, WA: RAP SHEET EXPUNGE INFORMATION

A criminal record occurs whenever a person is convicted of a crime by a court. The criminal conviction will typically constantly stay on the individual's state rap sheet till a legal movement (demand) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 prior to the very same court after a specific time period. For many criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time period is typically 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all monetary responsibilities owed to the court have been fully pleased. And there must not be any new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests given that the conviction looked for to be vacated. If all these prerequisites are met, many municipal & district courts will typically grant motions to vacate a criminal conviction. That results in the individual no longer having a rap sheet for that specific conviction.

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

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

Nonconviction information (authorities arrest records, prison booking records, fingerprints/ images (mugshots) records, etc) take place whenever a person is arrested/jailed but no criminal charges are ever filed in court. Such nonconviction information are held by Washington State police for several years. Regional arresting authorities firms & the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Area in Olympia, WA both maintain nonconviction information.

Under RCW 10.97.060 and WAC 446-16-025, persons 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 typically 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 given that 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 likewise be used by landlords to deny rental real estate/ apartments and by companies to deny task applications, task promotions, etc. Protect your task and future. Call Pontiac rap sheet expungement lawyer 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, images and other nonconviction information.