Pontiac, WA: CRIMINAL RECORD EXPUNGE INFORMATION

A rap sheet takes place whenever an individual is founded guilty of a crime by a court. The criminal conviction will typically constantly remain on the person's state rap sheet until a legal movement (request) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 prior to the very same court after a particular time period. For most criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time duration is typically 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all monetary responsibilities owed to the court have been totally pleased. 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 satisfied, 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 state on future task applications that he/she has never ever had a rap sheet.

Under RCW 9.96.060, an individual is restricted to just one getaway of a misdemeanor criminal conviction. Convictions for DUIs and certain misdemeanor sex criminal offenses can not be vacated.

Nonconviction information (cops arrest records, prison booking records, fingerprints/ images (mugshots) records, etc) occur whenever an individual is arrested/jailed but no criminal charges are ever filed in court. Such nonconviction information are held by Washington State police for several years. Local detaining cops firms & the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Area in Olympia, WA both keep nonconviction information.

Under RCW 10.97.060 and WAC 446-16-025, persons might make written demands to expunge/delete such cops nonconviction information. These demands should be made to both the regional detaining cops firm and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Area in Olympia, WA. Such demands will typically be given 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 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 property owners to deny rental housing/ houses and by employers to deny task applications, task promotions, etc. Secure your task and future. Call Pontiac rap sheet expungement lawyer 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, images and other nonconviction information.