Shorewood, WA: RAP SHEET EXPUNGE DETAILS

A rap sheet takes place whenever an individual is founded guilty of a criminal offense by a court. The criminal conviction will typically constantly stay on the person's state criminal record till a legal motion (demand) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 prior to the exact same court after a particular time period. For many criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time duration is typically 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all financial obligations owed to the court have actually been fully satisfied. And there should not be any brand-new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests considering that the conviction sought to be vacated. If all these preconditions are satisfied, many local & district courts will typically grant motions to vacate a criminal conviction. That leads to the person no longer having a criminal record for that particular conviction.

A person whose criminal conviction is vacated might legally specify on future job applications that he/she has never had a criminal record.

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

Nonconviction data (cops arrest records, prison booking records, fingerprints/ images (mugshots) records, etc) happen whenever an individual is arrested/jailed however no criminal charges are ever submitted in court. Such nonconviction data are held by Washington State police for several years. Local jailing cops firms & the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Area in Olympia, WA both retain nonconviction data.

Under RCW 10.97.060 and WAC 446-16-025, individuals might make written requests to expunge/delete such cops nonconviction data. These requests should be made to both the local jailing cops firm and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Area in Olympia, WA. Such requests will typically be approved if there have actually been no charges within two years of the nonconviction data sought to be deleted, and over 3 years have actually passed considering 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 data, like criminal conviction records, can likewise be used by property managers to deny rental housing/ homes and by employers to deny job applications, job promotions, and so on. Protect your job and future. Call Shorewood criminal record expungement lawyer attorney Paul Hanson to help you clear your old court criminal record and old cops criminal history. He'll help vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old cops criminal history, arrest records, fingerprints, images and other nonconviction data.