Renton, WA: RAP SHEET EXPUNGE INFORMATION

A rap sheet takes place whenever a person is founded guilty of a criminal offense by a court. The criminal conviction will generally constantly remain on the person's state rap sheet 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 most criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time period is generally 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all monetary responsibilities owed to the court have actually been totally pleased. And there should not be any brand-new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests since the conviction sought to be vacated. If all these preconditions are met, most local & district courts will generally approve motions to vacate a criminal conviction. That results in the person no longer having a rap sheet for that particular conviction.

An individual whose criminal conviction is vacated may legally state on future task applications that he/she has never ever had a rap sheet.

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

Nonconviction data (police arrest records, jail booking records, fingerprints/ photos (mugshots) records, etc) take place whenever a person is arrested/jailed however no criminal charges are ever submitted in court. Such nonconviction data are held by Washington State police for many years. Regional jailing police 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, individuals may make written demands to expunge/delete such police nonconviction data. These demands should be made to both the regional jailing police agency and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA. Such demands 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 since the date of the old arrest 

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

Nonconviction data, like criminal conviction records, can likewise be utilized by landlords to deny rental real estate/ homes and by employers to deny task applications, task promos, etc. Protect your task and future. Call Renton rap sheet expungement legal representative attorney Paul Hanson to assist you clear your old court rap sheet and old police criminal history. He'll assist vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old police criminal history, arrest records, fingerprints, photos and other nonconviction data.