Stevens, WA: RAP SHEET EXPUNGE INFORMATION

A criminal record happens whenever an individual is convicted of a crime by a court. The criminal conviction will usually constantly stay on the person's state rap sheet till a legal motion (request) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 before the exact same court after a certain time period. For many criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time period is usually 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all monetary responsibilities owed to the court have actually been completely satisfied. And there should not be any new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests given that the conviction sought to be vacated. If all these preconditions are fulfilled, many local & district courts will usually give movements to vacate a criminal conviction. That leads to the person no longer having a criminal record for that particular conviction.

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

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

Nonconviction data (authorities arrest records, prison booking records, fingerprints/ photos (mugshots) records, etc) take place whenever an individual is arrested/jailed but no criminal charges are ever submitted in court. Such nonconviction data are held by Washington State police for many years. Local detaining authorities agencies & 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 detaining authorities agency and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Area in Olympia, WA. Such requests will usually be approved if there have actually been no charges within 2 years of the nonconviction data sought to be erased, and over 3 years have actually passed given that the date of the old arrest 

The site for the Washington State Criminal History Area 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/ houses and by companies to deny job applications, job promos, and so on. Safeguard your job and future. Call Stevens 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, fingerprints, photos and other nonconviction data.