Renton, WA: RAP SHEET EXPUNGE INFORMATION

A rap sheet takes place whenever a person is founded guilty of a criminal offense by a court. The criminal conviction will normally always remain on the person's state rap sheet till a legal motion (demand) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 prior to the exact same court after a certain period. For most criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time duration is normally 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all monetary responsibilities owed to the court have been fully pleased. And there need to not be any new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests since the conviction sought to be vacated. If all these preconditions are met, most local & district courts will normally give movements to vacate a criminal conviction. That results in the person no longer having a criminal record for that particular conviction.

An individual whose criminal conviction is vacated may lawfully state on future job applications that he/she has never ever had a criminal record.

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

Nonconviction data (police arrest records, jail booking records, fingerprints/ pictures (mugshots) records, etc) happen whenever a person is arrested/jailed however no criminal charges are ever filed in court. Such nonconviction data are held by Washington State law enforcement agencies for many years. Regional jailing police firms & the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA both maintain nonconviction data.

Under RCW 10.97.060 and WAC 446-16-025, individuals may make written demands to expunge/delete such police nonconviction data. These demands need to be made to both the regional jailing police company and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA. Such demands will normally be given if there have been no charges within two years of the nonconviction data sought to be erased, and over 3 years have passed since the date of the old arrest 

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 utilized by landlords to deny rental real estate/ homes and by employers to deny job applications, job promotions, etc. Protect your job and future. Call Renton rap sheet expungement legal representative attorney Paul Hanson to assist you clear your old court rap sheet and old police criminal history. He'll assist vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old police criminal history, arrest records, fingerprints, pictures and other nonconviction data.