Vashon, WA: CRIMINAL RECORD EXPUNGE DETAILS

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

An individual whose criminal conviction is vacated might lawfully specify on future job applications that he/she has never had a rap sheet.

Under RCW 9.96.060, an individual is limited to just one getaway 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/ images (mugshots) records, etc) occur whenever an individual is arrested/jailed however no criminal charges are ever submitted in court. Such nonconviction data are held by Washington State police for many years. Local detaining police firms & the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA both maintain nonconviction data.

Under RCW 10.97.060 and WAC 446-16-025, persons might make written demands to expunge/delete such police nonconviction data. These demands must be made to both the local detaining police company and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA. Such demands will normally be approved 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 considering that 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 likewise be used by property managers to reject rental housing/ homes and by employers to reject job applications, job promotions, and so on. Safeguard your job and future. Call Vashon rap sheet expungement legal representative attorney Paul Hanson to help you clear your old court rap sheet and old police criminal history. He'll help vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old police criminal history, arrest records, fingerprints, 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 likewise be used by property managers to reject rental housing/ homes and by employers to reject job applications, job promotions, and so on. Safeguard your job and future. Call Vashon rap sheet expungement legal representative attorney Paul Hanson to help you clear your old court rap sheet and old police criminal history. He'll help vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old police criminal history, arrest records, fingerprints, images and other nonconviction data.