Stevens, WA: RAP SHEET EXPUNGE INFO

A criminal record occurs whenever a person is founded guilty of a criminal offense by a court. The criminal conviction will typically always stay on the individual's state criminal record until a legal movement (demand) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 before the very same court after a specific 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 responsibilities 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 preconditions are satisfied, the majority of community & district courts will typically approve movements to vacate a criminal conviction. That results in the individual no longer having a rap sheet for that particular conviction.

An individual whose criminal conviction is vacated may lawfully mention 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 vacation of a misdemeanor criminal conviction. Convictions for DUIs and specific misdemeanor sex criminal activities can not be vacated.

Nonconviction data (authorities arrest records, jail booking records, finger prints/ pictures (mugshots) records, etc) happen whenever a person is arrested/jailed however no criminal charges are ever submitted in court. Such nonconviction data are held by Washington State law enforcement agencies for many years. Regional arresting authorities companies & the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA both maintain nonconviction data.

Under RCW 10.97.060 and WAC 446-16-025, individuals may make written demands to expunge/delete such authorities nonconviction data. These demands should be made to both the local arresting authorities company and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA. Such demands 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 Section is http://www.wsp.wa.gov/crime/crimhist.htm.

Nonconviction data, like criminal conviction records, can also be used by property managers 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 criminal record expungement lawyer attorney Paul Hanson to assist you clear your old court criminal record and old authorities criminal history. He'll assist vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old authorities criminal history, arrest records, finger prints, pictures and other nonconviction data.