Renton, WA: RAP SHEET EXPUNGE DETAILS

A criminal record takes place whenever an individual is convicted of a criminal offense by a court. The criminal conviction will generally always remain on the individual's state criminal record up until a legal motion (demand) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 prior to the exact same court after a specific period. For many criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time duration 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 must not be any brand-new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests given that the conviction sought to be vacated. If all these prerequisites are satisfied, many municipal & district courts will generally approve movements to vacate a criminal conviction. That leads to the individual no longer having a criminal record for that specific conviction.

A person whose criminal conviction is vacated might legally specify on future task applications that he/she has never ever had a criminal record.

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 criminal offenses can not be vacated.

Nonconviction data (authorities arrest records, prison 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 law enforcement agencies for several years. Regional apprehending authorities 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, persons might make written requests to expunge/delete such authorities nonconviction data. These requests must be made to both the local apprehending authorities agency and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section 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 deleted, and over 3 years have actually passed given that 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 also be used by property owners to deny rental housing/ apartment or condos and by employers to deny task applications, task promotions, and so on. Secure your task and future. Call Renton criminal record expungement legal representative attorney Paul Hanson to assist you clear your old court criminal record 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, images and other nonconviction data.