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 usually always remain on the individual's state criminal record until a legal movement (demand) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 before the same court after a specific time period. For most criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time duration is usually 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all financial responsibilities owed to the court have actually been fully satisfied. And there must not be any new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests considering that the conviction sought to be vacated. If all these preconditions are satisfied, most 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 particular conviction.

An individual 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, a person is limited to just one holiday 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) happen whenever a person is arrested/jailed but 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 must be made to both the local arresting authorities company and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA. Such demands 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 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 likewise be used by landlords to deny rental real estate/ apartment or condos and by companies to deny task applications, task promotions, and so on. Protect your task 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.