Thomas, WA: CRIMINAL RECORD EXPUNGE DETAILS

A criminal record takes place whenever a person is convicted of a criminal offense by a court. The criminal conviction will usually constantly remain on the person's state criminal record until a legal motion (demand) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 before the same court after a specific time period. For the majority of criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time period is usually 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all monetary commitments owed to the court have 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 met, the majority of local & district courts will usually approve motions to vacate a criminal conviction. That results in the person no longer having a rap sheet for that particular conviction.

A person whose criminal conviction is vacated might lawfully mention on future job applications that he/she has never had a rap sheet.

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

Nonconviction data (cops arrest records, jail booking records, fingerprints/ photos (mugshots) records, etc) occur whenever a person is arrested/jailed however no criminal charges are ever submitted in court. Such nonconviction data are held by Washington State police for several years. Local jailing cops firms & 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 might make written demands to expunge/delete such cops nonconviction data. These demands must be made to both the regional jailing cops company and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA. Such demands will usually be approved if there have been no charges within 2 years of the nonconviction data sought to be deleted, and over 3 years have passed considering that the date of the old arrest 

The site 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 reject rental housing/ houses and by employers to reject job applications, job promotions, etc. Protect your job and future. Call Thomas criminal record expungement lawyer attorney Paul Hanson to help you clear your old court criminal record and old cops criminal history. He'll help vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old cops criminal history, arrest records, fingerprints, photos and other nonconviction data.

The site 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 reject rental housing/ houses and by employers to reject job applications, job promotions, etc. Protect your job and future. Call Thomas criminal record expungement lawyer attorney Paul Hanson to help you clear your old court criminal record and old cops criminal history. He'll help vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old cops criminal history, arrest records, fingerprints, photos and other nonconviction data.