Pontiac, WA: CRIMINAL RECORD EXPUNGE INFORMATION

A rap sheet happens whenever an individual is founded guilty of a criminal offense by a court. The criminal conviction will typically constantly remain on the person's state rap sheet till a legal movement (request) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 prior to the same court after a particular period. For most 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 totally satisfied. And there should not be any brand-new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests given that the conviction looked for to be vacated. If all these prerequisites are met, most local & district courts will typically grant motions to vacate a criminal conviction. That leads to the person no longer having a rap sheet for that specific conviction.

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

Under RCW 9.96.060, an individual is limited to just one getaway 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 an individual is arrested/jailed but no criminal charges are ever filed in court. Such nonconviction information are held by Washington State law enforcement agencies for several years. Local jailing authorities companies & 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 might make written demands to expunge/delete such authorities nonconviction information. These demands should be made to both the local jailing authorities firm and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Area in Olympia, WA. Such demands will typically be approved if there have been no charges within two years of the nonconviction information looked for to be deleted, and over 3 years have passed given 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 information, like criminal conviction records, can likewise be used by property owners to deny rental housing/ houses and by employers to deny job applications, job promotions, etc. Safeguard your job and future. Call Pontiac rap sheet expungement lawyer 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, images and other nonconviction information.