Renton, WA: RAP SHEET EXPUNGE DETAILS

A criminal record takes place whenever an individual is founded guilty of a criminal offense by a court. The criminal conviction will usually constantly remain on the individual's state criminal record up until a legal motion (demand) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 before the same court after a specific period. For the majority of criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time duration 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 considering that the conviction looked for to be vacated. If all these preconditions are satisfied, the majority of local & district courts will usually give movements to vacate a criminal conviction. That leads to the individual no longer having a rap sheet for that specific conviction.

A person whose criminal conviction is vacated may legally specify on future task applications that he/she has never had a rap sheet.

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

Nonconviction information (cops arrest records, jail booking records, finger prints/ images (mugshots) records, etc) occur whenever an individual is arrested/jailed however no criminal charges are ever filed in court. Such nonconviction information are held by Washington State police for many years. Regional apprehending cops agencies & 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 may make written demands to expunge/delete such cops nonconviction information. These demands must be made to both the regional apprehending cops agency and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Area in Olympia, WA. Such demands will usually be granted if there have been no charges within 2 years of the nonconviction information looked for to be deleted, and over 3 years have passed considering 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 also be utilized by property managers to reject rental real estate/ apartment or condos and by companies to reject task applications, task promos, etc. Secure your task and future. Call Renton criminal record expungement lawyer attorney Paul Hanson to help you clear your old court criminal record and old cops criminal history. He'll help vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old cops criminal history, arrest records, finger prints, images and other nonconviction information.