Pontiac, WA: CRIMINAL RECORD EXPUNGE DETAILS

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 very 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 pleased. And there should not be any brand-new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests given that the conviction sought to be vacated. If all these prerequisites are met, most local & district courts will typically grant movements to vacate a criminal conviction. That leads to the person no longer having a rap sheet 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 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 (cops arrest records, jail booking records, fingerprints/ photos (mugshots) records, etc) take place whenever an individual is arrested/jailed however no criminal charges are ever filed in court. Such nonconviction information are held by Washington State law enforcement agencies for several years. Local jailing cops 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 may make written requests to expunge/delete such cops nonconviction information. These requests should be made to both the local jailing cops firm and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Area in Olympia, WA. Such requests will typically be approved if there have been no charges within two years of the nonconviction information sought to be erased, 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 utilized by property owners to reject rental housing/ houses and by companies to reject 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 cops criminal history. He'll help vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old cops criminal history, arrest records, fingerprints, photos and other nonconviction information.