Shorewood, WA: RAP SHEET EXPUNGE DETAILS

A rap sheet happens whenever an individual is convicted of a criminal offense by a court. The criminal conviction will generally constantly remain on the person's state criminal record up until a legal motion (demand) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 prior to the exact same court after a certain period. For many criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time duration is generally 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all financial responsibilities owed to the court have actually been totally pleased. And there should not be any new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests considering that the conviction sought to be vacated. If all these preconditions are satisfied, many local & district courts will generally 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 may 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 criminal activities can not be vacated.

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

Under RCW 10.97.060 and WAC 446-16-025, individuals may make written requests to expunge/delete such cops nonconviction data. These requests should be made to both the local jailing cops agency and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Area in Olympia, WA. Such requests will generally 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 owners to reject rental real estate/ homes and by employers to reject job applications, job promos, and so on. Protect your job and future. Call Shorewood criminal record expungement legal representative 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, pictures and other nonconviction data.