Ridgecrest, WA: CRIMINAL RECORD EXPUNGE INFO

A rap sheet occurs whenever an individual is founded guilty of a crime by a court. The criminal conviction will normally constantly stay on the individual's state rap sheet till a legal motion (request) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 before the same court after a particular time period. For many criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time duration is normally 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all monetary obligations owed to the court have been fully pleased. And there should not be any new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests considering that the conviction looked for to be vacated. If all these preconditions are fulfilled, many community & district courts will normally give movements to vacate a criminal conviction. That leads to the individual no longer having a rap sheet for that particular conviction.

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

Under RCW 9.96.060, an individual is restricted to just one getaway of a misdemeanor criminal conviction. Convictions for DUIs and certain misdemeanor sex crimes can not be vacated.

Nonconviction information (authorities arrest records, prison booking records, finger prints/ images (mugshots) records, etc) take place whenever an individual is arrested/jailed but no criminal charges are ever submitted in court. Such nonconviction information are held by Washington State law enforcement agencies for many years. Regional jailing authorities agencies & the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Area 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 authorities nonconviction information. These requests should be made to both the regional jailing 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 2 years of the nonconviction information looked for to be deleted, and over 3 years have 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 information, like criminal conviction records, can also be used by property managers to deny rental housing/ apartments and by employers to deny job applications, job promos, etc. Secure your job and future. Call Ridgecrest rap sheet expungement legal representative attorney Paul Hanson to help you clear your old court rap sheet and old authorities criminal history. He'll help vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old authorities criminal history, arrest records, finger prints, images and other nonconviction information.