Renton, WA: RAP SHEET EXPUNGE INFORMATION

A rap sheet takes place whenever an individual is founded guilty of a crime by a court. The criminal conviction will usually always stay on the person's state criminal record 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 most criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time duration is usually 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all monetary responsibilities owed to the court have actually been completely satisfied. And there must not be any new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests since the conviction looked for to be vacated. If all these prerequisites are fulfilled, most community & district courts will usually grant motions to vacate a criminal conviction. That results in the person no longer having a rap sheet for that particular conviction.

A person whose criminal conviction is vacated may legally mention on future job applications that he/she has never had a rap sheet.

Under RCW 9.96.060, an individual is restricted to only one vacation of a misdemeanor criminal conviction. Convictions for DUIs and particular misdemeanor sex criminal activities can not be vacated.

Nonconviction data (cops arrest records, jail booking records, finger prints/ pictures (mugshots) records, etc) take place whenever an individual is arrested/jailed but no criminal charges are ever filed in court. Such nonconviction data are held by Washington State police for several years. Regional detaining cops companies & the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section 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 local detaining cops firm and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA. Such demands will usually be given if there have actually been no charges within 2 years of the nonconviction data looked for to be deleted, 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 also be used by property managers to reject rental real estate/ homes and by employers to reject job applications, job promos, etc. Secure your job and future. Call Renton criminal record expungement legal representative attorney Paul Hanson to assist you clear your old court criminal record and old cops criminal history. He'll assist vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old cops criminal history, arrest records, finger prints, pictures and other nonconviction data.