Pontiac, WA: CRIMINAL RECORD EXPUNGE INFO

A rap sheet takes place whenever a person is convicted of a crime by a court. The criminal conviction will normally constantly stay on the individual's state criminal record till a legal movement (demand) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 prior to the exact same court after a certain time period. For a lot of criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time period is normally 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all financial commitments owed to the court have actually been fully satisfied. And there must not be any new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests because the conviction looked for to be vacated. If all these prerequisites are satisfied, a lot of local & district courts will normally approve movements to vacate a criminal conviction. That leads to the individual no longer having a rap sheet for that specific conviction.

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

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

Nonconviction data (cops arrest records, prison booking records, finger prints/ photos (mugshots) records, etc) occur whenever a person is arrested/jailed but no criminal charges are ever submitted in court. Such nonconviction data are held by Washington State law enforcement agencies for several years. Local apprehending cops agencies & the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Area in Olympia, WA both keep nonconviction data.

Under RCW 10.97.060 and WAC 446-16-025, persons may make written demands to expunge/delete such cops nonconviction data. These demands must be made to both the local apprehending cops agency and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Area in Olympia, WA. Such demands will normally be given if there have actually been no charges within 2 years of the nonconviction data looked for to be erased, and over 3 years have actually 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 landlords to deny rental real estate/ houses and by companies to deny job applications, job promos, etc. Secure your job and future. Call Pontiac criminal record expungement legal representative attorney Paul Hanson to assist you clear your old court criminal record and old cops criminal history. He'll assist vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old cops criminal history, arrest records, finger prints, photos and other nonconviction data.