Pontiac, WA: RAP SHEET EXPUNGE DETAILS

A rap sheet happens whenever an individual is convicted of a crime by a court. The criminal conviction will typically constantly stay 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 time period. For many criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time duration is typically 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all financial commitments owed to the court have been fully pleased. And there should not be any brand-new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests considering that the conviction looked for to be vacated. If all these preconditions are met, many community & district courts will typically grant motions 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 task 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 certain misdemeanor sex crimes can not be vacated.

Nonconviction data (cops 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 data are held by Washington State police for many years. Local arresting cops agencies & the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section 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 cops nonconviction data. These demands should be made to both the local arresting cops company and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA. Such demands will typically be granted if there have been no charges within two 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 Section is http://www.wsp.wa.gov/crime/crimhist.htm.

Nonconviction data, like criminal conviction records, can likewise be used by property managers to deny rental real estate/ houses and by employers to deny task applications, task promos, etc. Safeguard your task and future. Call Pontiac rap sheet expungement legal representative attorney Paul Hanson to help you clear your old court rap sheet and old cops criminal history. He'll help vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old cops criminal history, arrest records, fingerprints, pictures and other nonconviction data.