Renton, WA: CRIMINAL RECORD EXPUNGE DETAILS

A rap sheet takes place whenever an individual is convicted of a criminal offense by a court. The criminal conviction will usually constantly stay on the person's state criminal record up until a legal motion (request) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 before the very same court after a specific period. For many 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 actually been fully satisfied. And there should not be any new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests considering that the conviction looked for to be vacated. If all these prerequisites are met, many local & district courts will usually give motions 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 may legally specify on future job applications that he/she has never ever had a rap sheet.

Under RCW 9.96.060, an individual is limited to just one vacation 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/ pictures (mugshots) records, etc) take place whenever an individual is arrested/jailed however no criminal charges are ever submitted in court. Such nonconviction information are held by Washington State law enforcement agencies for many years. Local 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 should 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 actually been no charges within two years of the nonconviction information looked for to be deleted, and over 3 years have actually passed considering that 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 information, like criminal conviction records, can also be utilized by proprietors to reject rental real estate/ apartment or condos and by employers to reject job applications, job promos, etc. Protect your job 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, pictures and other nonconviction information.