Renton, WA: CRIMINAL RECORD EXPUNGE INFO

A criminal record happens whenever an individual is founded guilty 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 before the exact same court after a certain 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 obligations owed to the court have been completely pleased. And there must not be any brand-new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests given that the conviction sought to be vacated. If all these preconditions are satisfied, the majority of municipal & district courts will generally approve movements to vacate a criminal conviction. That results in the individual no longer having a criminal record for that particular conviction.

An individual 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 only one trip of a misdemeanor criminal conviction. Convictions for DUIs and certain misdemeanor sex criminal offenses can not be vacated.

Nonconviction information (authorities arrest records, prison booking records, fingerprints/ images (mugshots) records, etc) happen whenever an individual is arrested/jailed however no criminal charges are ever submitted in court. Such nonconviction information are held by Washington State police for several years. Regional apprehending authorities companies & the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA both retain nonconviction information.

Under RCW 10.97.060 and WAC 446-16-025, persons might make written requests to expunge/delete such authorities nonconviction information. These requests must be made to both the regional apprehending authorities company and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA. Such requests will generally be given if there have been no charges within 2 years of the nonconviction information sought to be erased, and over 3 years have 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 information, like criminal conviction records, can likewise be used by landlords to deny rental real estate/ apartment or condos and by employers to deny task applications, task promotions, etc. Protect your task and future. Call Renton criminal record expungement lawyer 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, fingerprints, images and other nonconviction information.