Portage, WA: RAP SHEET EXPUNGE INFORMATION

A criminal record happens whenever a person is convicted of a criminal offense by a court. The criminal conviction will typically constantly remain on the individual's state rap sheet up until a legal motion (request) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 before the exact same court after a particular time 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 obligations owed to the court have been totally satisfied. And there should not be any new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests because the conviction sought to be vacated. If all these preconditions are met, most community & district courts will typically approve movements to vacate a criminal conviction. That leads to the individual no longer having a criminal record for that specific conviction.

A person whose criminal conviction is vacated may legally state on future task applications that he/she has never ever had a criminal record.

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

Nonconviction data (authorities arrest records, prison booking records, fingerprints/ pictures (mugshots) records, etc) happen whenever a person is arrested/jailed but no criminal charges are ever filed in court. Such nonconviction data are held by Washington State law enforcement agencies for several years. Regional apprehending authorities companies & the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA both keep nonconviction data.

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 owners to deny rental housing/ apartments and by employers to deny task applications, task promotions, etc. Safeguard your task and future. Call Portage rap sheet expungement legal representative attorney Paul Hanson to assist you clear your old court rap sheet and old authorities criminal history. He'll assist vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old authorities criminal history, arrest records, fingerprints, pictures and other nonconviction data.

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 owners to deny rental housing/ apartments and by employers to deny task applications, task promotions, etc. Safeguard your task and future. Call Portage rap sheet expungement legal representative attorney Paul Hanson to assist you clear your old court rap sheet and old authorities criminal history. He'll assist vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old authorities criminal history, arrest records, fingerprints, pictures and other nonconviction data.