Timberlane, WA: CRIMINAL RECORD EXPUNGE INFORMATION

A rap sheet occurs whenever an individual is founded guilty of a criminal offense by a court. The criminal conviction will usually always remain on the individual's state criminal record up until a legal movement (request) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 before the exact same court after a specific period. For the majority of criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time duration is usually 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all monetary commitments owed to the court have actually been fully pleased. And there should not be any brand-new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests given that the conviction sought to be vacated. If all these preconditions are fulfilled, the majority of municipal & district courts will usually approve movements to vacate a criminal conviction. That leads to the individual no longer having a criminal record for that particular conviction.

An individual whose criminal conviction is vacated might 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 specific misdemeanor sex criminal offenses can not be vacated.

Nonconviction information (authorities arrest records, jail booking records, finger prints/ photos (mugshots) records, etc) take place whenever an individual is arrested/jailed but no criminal charges are ever filed in court. Such nonconviction information are held by Washington State police for several years. Local jailing authorities firms & the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA both retain nonconviction information.

The website for the Washington State Criminal History Section is http://www.wsp.wa.gov/crime/crimhist.htm.

Nonconviction information, like criminal conviction records, can also be utilized by property owners to deny rental real estate/ apartment or condos and by employers to deny job applications, job promotions, etc. Protect your job and future. Call Timberlane 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, photos and other nonconviction information.