Stevens, WA: CRIMINAL RECORD EXPUNGE INFO

A criminal record happens 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 movement (request) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 before the exact same court after a specific time period. For a lot of criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time period is usually 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all financial commitments owed to the court have actually been fully pleased. And there must not be any new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests given that the conviction sought to be vacated. If all these preconditions are met, a lot of municipal & district courts will usually grant movements to vacate a criminal conviction. That results in the individual no longer having a criminal record for that specific conviction.

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

Under RCW 9.96.060, an individual is limited to only one trip of a misdemeanor criminal conviction. Convictions for DUIs and specific misdemeanor sex criminal offenses can not be vacated.

Nonconviction data (authorities arrest records, prison booking records, finger prints/ photos (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 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 demands to expunge/delete such authorities nonconviction data. These demands must be made to both the regional detaining authorities agency and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Area in Olympia, WA. Such demands will usually 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 given that 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 data, like criminal conviction records, can likewise be used by property managers to deny rental housing/ apartments and by companies to deny task applications, task promos, etc. 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, photos and other nonconviction data.