Stevens, WA: RAP SHEET EXPUNGE INFO

A criminal record happens whenever a person is convicted of a criminal offense by a court. The criminal conviction will typically always stay on the individual's state rap sheet until a legal motion (demand) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 before the same court after a certain time period. For the majority of criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time period is typically 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all financial commitments owed to the court have actually been completely satisfied. And there should not be any new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests considering that the conviction sought to be vacated. If all these prerequisites are satisfied, the majority of community & district courts will typically give movements to vacate a criminal conviction. That leads to the individual no longer having a rap sheet for that particular conviction.

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

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

Nonconviction data (authorities arrest records, jail booking records, finger prints/ pictures (mugshots) records, etc) occur whenever a person is arrested/jailed however no criminal charges are ever filed in court. Such nonconviction data are held by Washington State police for many years. Local arresting authorities 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 authorities nonconviction data. These requests should be made to both the local arresting authorities agency 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 erased, and over 3 years have actually passed considering that the date of the old arrest 

The website 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 deny rental real estate/ apartments and by companies to deny job applications, job promotions, and so on. Protect your job and future. Call Stevens rap sheet expungement legal representative 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, pictures and other nonconviction data.