Stevens, WA: RAP SHEET EXPUNGE DETAILS

A rap sheet happens whenever a person is founded guilty of a criminal offense by a court. The criminal conviction will usually always 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 particular time period. For many criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time duration is usually 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all financial commitments owed to the court have actually been completely 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, many municipal & district courts will usually grant motions to vacate a criminal conviction. That results in the person no longer having a rap sheet for that specific conviction.

A person whose criminal conviction is vacated may lawfully mention on future task 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 specific misdemeanor sex crimes can not be vacated.

Nonconviction information (cops arrest records, jail booking records, finger prints/ images (mugshots) records, etc) happen whenever a person is arrested/jailed but no criminal charges are ever filed in court. Such nonconviction information are held by Washington State law enforcement agencies for several years. Local arresting cops firms & the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Area in Olympia, WA both keep nonconviction information.

Under RCW 10.97.060 and WAC 446-16-025, persons may make written demands to expunge/delete such cops nonconviction information. These demands must be made to both the local arresting cops firm and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Area in Olympia, WA. Such demands will usually be granted if there have actually been no charges within two years of the nonconviction information sought to be deleted, and over 3 years have actually passed because 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 information, like criminal conviction records, can likewise be utilized by proprietors to deny rental housing/ homes and by companies to deny task applications, task promos, etc. Protect your task and future. Call Stevens 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, finger prints, images and other nonconviction information.