Portage, WA: CRIMINAL RECORD EXPUNGE DETAILS

A criminal record occurs whenever a person is founded guilty of a crime by a court. The criminal conviction will usually always stay on the person's state rap sheet up until a legal movement (demand) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 before the same court after a particular time period. For most criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time period is usually 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all financial commitments owed to the court have 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, most community & district courts will usually approve 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 might legally state on future job applications that he/she has never had a rap sheet.

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

Nonconviction information (authorities arrest records, prison booking records, finger prints/ photos (mugshots) records, etc) happen whenever a person 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. Regional arresting authorities agencies & the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA both keep nonconviction information.

The website for the Washington State Criminal History Section is http://www.wsp.wa.gov/crime/crimhist.htm.

Nonconviction information, like criminal conviction records, can also be used by property managers to deny rental real estate/ apartment or condos and by employers to deny job applications, job promos, etc. Protect your job and future. Call Portage rap sheet expungement lawyer 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, finger prints, photos and other nonconviction information.

The website for the Washington State Criminal History Section is http://www.wsp.wa.gov/crime/crimhist.htm.

Nonconviction information, like criminal conviction records, can also be used by property managers to deny rental real estate/ apartment or condos and by employers to deny job applications, job promos, etc. Protect your job and future. Call Portage rap sheet expungement lawyer 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, finger prints, photos and other nonconviction information.