Stevens, WA: RAP SHEET EXPUNGE INFO

A criminal record occurs whenever an individual is convicted of a criminal offense by a court. The criminal conviction will usually constantly remain on the individual's state rap sheet till a legal motion (demand) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 before the same court after a specific period. For the majority of criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time duration is usually 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all financial obligations owed to the court have been completely satisfied. And there should not be any new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests since the conviction sought to be vacated. If all these preconditions are fulfilled, the majority of community & district courts will usually approve movements to vacate a criminal conviction. That results in the individual no longer having a rap sheet for that specific conviction.

A person whose criminal conviction is vacated may lawfully state on future task 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 certain misdemeanor sex criminal activities can not be vacated.

Nonconviction data (authorities arrest records, jail booking records, finger prints/ pictures (mugshots) records, etc) happen whenever an individual is arrested/jailed but no criminal charges are ever filed in court. Such nonconviction data are held by Washington State law enforcement agencies for many years. Local 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 agency and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA. Such demands will usually 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 since 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 likewise be used by property managers to deny rental real estate/ apartment or condos and by employers to deny task applications, task promos, and so on. Secure your task and future. Call Stevens rap sheet expungement legal representative attorney Paul Hanson to assist you clear your old court rap sheet 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.