Shorewood, WA: CRIMINAL RECORD EXPUNGE INFORMATION

A rap sheet takes place whenever an individual is convicted of a crime by a court. The criminal conviction will usually constantly stay on the individual's state rap sheet till a legal movement (request) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 prior to the same court after a particular time period. For most criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time duration is usually 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all monetary responsibilities owed to the court have actually been fully satisfied. And there must not be any brand-new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests because the conviction sought to be vacated. If all these preconditions are fulfilled, most community & district courts will usually grant movements to vacate a criminal conviction. That leads to the individual no longer having a rap sheet for that particular conviction.

A person whose criminal conviction is vacated may legally state on future job applications that he/she has never had a rap sheet.

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

Nonconviction information (authorities arrest records, jail booking records, finger prints/ images (mugshots) records, etc) happen 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. Local apprehending authorities companies & the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA both retain 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 must be made to both the regional apprehending authorities company and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA. Such requests will usually be granted if there have actually been no charges within 2 years of the nonconviction information sought to be deleted, and over 3 years have actually passed because the date of the old arrest 

The site for the Washington State Criminal History Section 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 promos, etc. Protect your job and future. Call Shorewood rap sheet expungement lawyer 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.