Renton, WA: RAP SHEET EXPUNGE INFORMATION

A rap sheet happens whenever a person is convicted of a criminal offense by a court. The criminal conviction will typically constantly remain on the person's state rap sheet till a legal movement (request) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 prior to the same court after a specific time period. For a lot of criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time period is typically 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all financial responsibilities owed to the court have actually been fully satisfied. And there must not be any brand-new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests because the conviction sought to be vacated. If all these prerequisites are satisfied, a lot of community & district courts will typically grant motions to vacate a criminal conviction. That leads to the person no longer having a rap sheet for that particular conviction.

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

Under RCW 9.96.060, a person is limited to just one trip of a misdemeanor criminal conviction. Convictions for DUIs and particular misdemeanor sex criminal offenses can not be vacated.

Nonconviction information (cops arrest records, prison booking records, fingerprints/ photos (mugshots) records, etc) happen whenever a person is arrested/jailed however no criminal charges are ever filed in court. Such nonconviction information are held by Washington State law enforcement agencies for many years. Regional arresting cops agencies & the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA both maintain nonconviction information.

Under RCW 10.97.060 and WAC 446-16-025, persons may make written requests to expunge/delete such cops nonconviction information. These requests must be made to both the regional arresting cops company and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA. Such requests will typically be granted if there have actually been no charges within 2 years of the nonconviction information sought to be deleted, and over 3 years have actually passed because 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 also be utilized by property owners to reject rental real estate/ homes and by employers to reject job applications, job promos, etc. Secure your job and future. Call Renton rap sheet expungement legal representative attorney Paul Hanson to assist you clear your old court rap sheet and old cops criminal history. He'll assist vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old cops criminal history, arrest records, fingerprints, photos and other nonconviction information.