Pontiac, WA: CRIMINAL RECORD EXPUNGE DETAILS

A rap sheet happens whenever an individual is convicted of a crime by a court. The criminal conviction will typically always remain on the individual's state rap sheet until a legal motion (request) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 prior to the very same court after a specific period. For many criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time duration is typically 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all monetary commitments owed to the court have actually been fully pleased. And there need to not be any brand-new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests considering that the conviction looked for to be vacated. If all these prerequisites are met, many community & district courts will typically give motions to vacate a criminal conviction. That leads to the individual no longer having a criminal record for that specific conviction.

A person 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, an individual is limited to just one vacation of a misdemeanor criminal conviction. Convictions for DUIs and particular misdemeanor sex crimes can not be vacated.

Nonconviction information (authorities arrest records, jail 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 information are held by Washington State police for many years. Local arresting authorities companies & the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA both maintain nonconviction information.

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

The site for the Washington State Criminal History Section is http://www.wsp.wa.gov/crime/crimhist.htm.

Nonconviction information, like criminal conviction records, can likewise be utilized by property owners to deny rental real estate/ apartments and by employers to deny job applications, job promotions, and so on. Safeguard your job and future. Call Pontiac rap sheet expungement legal representative attorney Paul Hanson to help you clear your old court rap sheet and old authorities criminal history. He'll help vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old authorities criminal history, arrest records, fingerprints, pictures and other nonconviction information.