Renton, WA: RAP SHEET EXPUNGE INFO

A criminal record takes place whenever an individual is founded guilty of a criminal offense by a court. The criminal conviction will generally always remain on the person's state criminal record until a legal motion (request) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 prior to the exact same court after a specific time period. For the majority of criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time period is generally 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all monetary commitments owed to the court have actually been totally pleased. And there should not be any new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests because the conviction sought to be vacated. If all these prerequisites are satisfied, the majority of community & district courts will generally grant motions to vacate a criminal conviction. That results in the person no longer having a rap sheet for that particular conviction.

A person whose criminal conviction is vacated may lawfully state on future job applications that he/she has never had a rap sheet.

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

Nonconviction data (cops arrest records, jail booking records, finger prints/ images (mugshots) records, etc) happen whenever an individual is arrested/jailed however no criminal charges are ever filed in court. Such nonconviction data are held by Washington State police for several years. Regional jailing cops agencies & the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Area in Olympia, WA both maintain nonconviction data.

Under RCW 10.97.060 and WAC 446-16-025, persons may make written requests to expunge/delete such cops nonconviction data. These requests should be made to both the regional jailing cops company and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Area in Olympia, WA. Such requests will generally be given if there have actually been no charges within two years of the nonconviction data sought to be erased, and over 3 years have actually passed because the date of the old arrest 

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

Nonconviction data, like criminal conviction records, can also be utilized by landlords to deny rental housing/ apartment or condos and by employers to deny job applications, job promos, and so on. Protect your job and future. Call Renton criminal record expungement legal representative attorney Paul Hanson to assist you clear your old court criminal record and old cops criminal history. He'll assist vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old cops criminal history, arrest records, finger prints, images and other nonconviction data.