Seattle, WA: CRIMINAL RECORD EXPUNGE INFO

A criminal record happens whenever an individual is founded guilty of a criminal offense by a court. The criminal conviction will generally always stay on the person's state criminal record till a legal movement (demand) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 prior to the same court after a particular period. For a lot of criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time period is generally 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all monetary commitments owed to the court have been completely pleased. And there must not be any new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests given that the conviction looked for to be vacated. If all these preconditions are met, a lot of local & district courts will generally approve motions to vacate a criminal conviction. That leads to the person no longer having a rap sheet for that specific conviction.

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

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

Nonconviction information (police arrest records, jail booking records, fingerprints/ photos (mugshots) records, etc) happen whenever an individual is arrested/jailed but no criminal charges are ever filed in court. Such nonconviction information are held by Washington State law enforcement agencies for many years. Local apprehending police companies & 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 might make written demands to expunge/delete such police nonconviction information. These demands must be made to both the local apprehending police company and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Area in Olympia, WA. Such demands will generally be approved if there have been no charges within 2 years of the nonconviction information looked for to be erased, and over 3 years have passed given that the date of the old arrest 

The site 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 utilized by property managers to deny rental housing/ apartments and by companies to deny job applications, job promotions, and so on. Secure your job and future. Call Seattle criminal record expungement lawyer attorney Paul Hanson to help you clear your old court criminal record and old police criminal history. He'll help vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old police criminal history, arrest records, fingerprints, photos and other nonconviction information.

The site 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 utilized by property managers to deny rental housing/ apartments and by companies to deny job applications, job promotions, and so on. Secure your job and future. Call Seattle criminal record expungement lawyer attorney Paul Hanson to help you clear your old court criminal record and old police criminal history. He'll help vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old police criminal history, arrest records, fingerprints, photos and other nonconviction information.