Ridgecrest, WA: CRIMINAL RECORD EXPUNGE DETAILS

A criminal record happens whenever a person is founded guilty of a crime by a court. The criminal conviction will normally always stay on the individual's state rap sheet till a legal motion (request) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 prior to the very same court after a particular period. For a lot of criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time duration is normally 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all monetary commitments owed to the court have been fully satisfied. And there need to not be any new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests since the conviction looked for to be vacated. If all these preconditions are fulfilled, a lot of local & district courts will normally grant motions to vacate a criminal conviction. That results in the individual no longer having a rap sheet for that particular conviction.

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

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

Nonconviction data (authorities arrest records, prison booking records, finger prints/ pictures (mugshots) records, etc) occur whenever a person 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 apprehending authorities 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 requests to expunge/delete such authorities nonconviction data. These requests need to be made to both the regional apprehending authorities agency and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Area in Olympia, WA. Such requests will normally be granted if there have been no charges within two years of the nonconviction data looked for to be erased, and over 3 years have passed since 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 likewise be used by property managers to deny rental real estate/ houses and by companies to deny task applications, task promotions, and so on. Protect your task and future. Call Ridgecrest rap sheet expungement lawyer attorney Paul Hanson to assist you clear your old court rap sheet and old authorities criminal history. He'll assist vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old authorities criminal history, arrest records, finger prints, pictures and other nonconviction data.