Shorewood, WA: CRIMINAL RECORD EXPUNGE DETAILS

A criminal record occurs whenever a person is founded guilty of a crime by a court. The criminal conviction will normally always stay on the person's state criminal record up until a legal motion (request) 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 period is normally 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all monetary responsibilities owed to the court have been fully pleased. 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 met, many community & district courts will normally approve movements to vacate a criminal conviction. That results in the person no longer having a criminal record for that specific conviction.

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

Under RCW 9.96.060, a person is limited to only one trip of a misdemeanor criminal conviction. Convictions for DUIs and particular misdemeanor sex crimes can not be vacated.

Nonconviction data (authorities arrest records, prison booking records, finger prints/ images (mugshots) records, etc) take place whenever a person is arrested/jailed but no criminal charges are ever submitted in court. Such nonconviction data are held by Washington State law enforcement agencies for several years. Regional arresting authorities companies & the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section 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 should be made to both the regional arresting authorities agency and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA. Such requests will normally be approved if there have been no charges within 2 years of the nonconviction data sought to be erased, and over 3 years have passed considering that the date of the old arrest 

The website for the Washington State Criminal History Section is http://www.wsp.wa.gov/crime/crimhist.htm.

Nonconviction data, like criminal conviction records, can also be utilized by landlords to deny rental housing/ apartment or condos and by employers to deny task applications, task promotions, etc. Protect your task and future. Call Shorewood criminal record expungement legal representative attorney Paul Hanson to help you clear your old court criminal record 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 data.