Renton, WA: CRIMINAL RECORD EXPUNGE DETAILS

A criminal record takes place whenever an individual is convicted of a criminal offense by a court. The criminal conviction will typically always stay on the person's state criminal record up until a legal movement (request) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 before the very same court after a particular period. For a lot of criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time duration is typically 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all financial obligations owed to the court have actually been completely satisfied. And there must not be any new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests considering that the conviction looked for to be vacated. If all these prerequisites are met, a lot of community & district courts will typically give motions to vacate a criminal conviction. That results in the person no longer having a rap sheet for that specific conviction.

A person whose criminal conviction is vacated may lawfully 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 only one holiday of a misdemeanor criminal conviction. Convictions for DUIs and particular misdemeanor sex crimes can not be vacated.

Nonconviction data (cops arrest records, jail booking records, fingerprints/ photos (mugshots) records, etc) occur whenever an individual is arrested/jailed however no criminal charges are ever submitted in court. Such nonconviction data are held by Washington State police for several years. Regional apprehending cops agencies & the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Area in Olympia, WA both keep nonconviction data.

Under RCW 10.97.060 and WAC 446-16-025, persons may make written demands to expunge/delete such cops nonconviction data. These demands must be made to both the regional apprehending cops agency and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Area in Olympia, WA. Such demands will typically be approved if there have actually been no charges within two years of the nonconviction data looked for to be deleted, and over 3 years have actually passed considering that the date of the old arrest 

The website 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 used by proprietors to deny rental real estate/ apartments and by employers to deny 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, fingerprints, photos and other nonconviction data.