Stillwater, WA: RAP SHEET EXPUNGE DETAILS

A rap sheet occurs whenever an individual is founded guilty of a crime by a court. The criminal conviction will normally always stay on the individual's state rap sheet until a legal motion (request) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 prior to the very same court after a certain period. For the majority of criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time period is normally 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all financial obligations owed to the court have actually been completely satisfied. And there should not be any new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests since the conviction sought to be vacated. If all these prerequisites are fulfilled, the majority of municipal & district courts will normally give motions to vacate a criminal conviction. That leads to the individual no longer having a criminal record for that particular conviction.

A person whose criminal conviction is vacated may legally mention on future job applications that he/she has never had a criminal record.

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

Nonconviction data (authorities arrest records, prison booking records, finger prints/ images (mugshots) records, etc) take place whenever an individual is arrested/jailed however no criminal charges are ever filed in court. Such nonconviction data are held by Washington State law enforcement agencies for several years. Local apprehending authorities companies & the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA both retain 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 apprehending authorities firm and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA. Such demands will normally be granted 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 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 also be utilized by property managers to deny rental housing/ apartments and by employers to deny job applications, job promotions, etc. Protect your job and future. Call Stillwater rap sheet expungement legal representative 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, finger prints, images and other nonconviction data.

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 utilized by property managers to deny rental housing/ apartments and by employers to deny job applications, job promotions, etc. Protect your job and future. Call Stillwater rap sheet expungement legal representative 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, finger prints, images and other nonconviction data.