Stillwater, WA: CRIMINAL RECORD EXPUNGE INFO

A rap sheet takes place whenever a person is convicted of a crime by a court. The criminal conviction will generally constantly remain on the individual's state criminal record up until a legal movement (demand) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 before the same court after a particular period. For most criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time duration is generally 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all monetary obligations owed to the court have been fully pleased. And there should not be any new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests because the conviction sought to be vacated. If all these preconditions are fulfilled, most municipal & district courts will generally give motions to vacate a criminal conviction. That results in the individual no longer having a rap sheet for that particular 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, a person is restricted to only one trip of a misdemeanor criminal conviction. Convictions for DUIs and specific misdemeanor sex crimes can not be vacated.

Nonconviction data (police arrest records, prison booking records, fingerprints/ pictures (mugshots) records, etc) take place whenever a person is arrested/jailed however no criminal charges are ever submitted in court. Such nonconviction data are held by Washington State law enforcement agencies for many years. Local arresting police agencies & the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Area in Olympia, WA both keep nonconviction data.

Under RCW 10.97.060 and WAC 446-16-025, individuals may make written requests to expunge/delete such police nonconviction data. These requests should be made to both the regional arresting police agency and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Area in Olympia, WA. Such requests will generally be given if there have been no charges within two years of the nonconviction data sought to be deleted, and over 3 years have passed because 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 landlords to reject rental housing/ apartments and by companies to reject task applications, task promos, and so on. Protect your task and future. Call Stillwater criminal record expungement legal representative attorney Paul Hanson to assist you clear your old court criminal record and old police criminal history. He'll assist vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old police criminal history, arrest records, fingerprints, pictures and other nonconviction data.

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 landlords to reject rental housing/ apartments and by companies to reject task applications, task promos, and so on. Protect your task and future. Call Stillwater criminal record expungement legal representative attorney Paul Hanson to assist you clear your old court criminal record and old police criminal history. He'll assist vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old police criminal history, arrest records, fingerprints, pictures and other nonconviction data.