Vashon, WA: RAP SHEET EXPUNGE DETAILS

A rap sheet takes place whenever a person is founded guilty of a crime by a court. The criminal conviction will generally constantly remain on the individual's state criminal record until a legal movement (demand) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 prior to the exact same court after a certain period. For many criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time duration is generally 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all financial responsibilities owed to the court have actually been fully pleased. And there should not be any new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests since the conviction looked for to be vacated. If all these prerequisites are met, many municipal & district courts will generally approve motions to vacate a criminal conviction. That leads to the individual no longer having a rap sheet for that specific conviction.

An individual whose criminal conviction is vacated might lawfully state 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 vacation of a misdemeanor criminal conviction. Convictions for DUIs and particular misdemeanor sex criminal activities can not be vacated.

Nonconviction information (police arrest records, prison booking records, finger prints/ photos (mugshots) records, etc) occur whenever a person is arrested/jailed however no criminal charges are ever filed in court. Such nonconviction information are held by Washington State law enforcement agencies for several years. Local arresting police firms & the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA both retain nonconviction information.

Under RCW 10.97.060 and WAC 446-16-025, individuals might make written demands to expunge/delete such police nonconviction information. These demands should be made to both the local arresting police agency and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA. Such demands will generally be approved if there have actually been no charges within two years of the nonconviction information looked for to be erased, and over 3 years have actually passed since 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 information, like criminal conviction records, can likewise be used by property owners to deny rental housing/ homes and by employers to deny job applications, job promos, etc. Secure your job and future. Call Vashon 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, finger prints, photos and other nonconviction information.

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

Nonconviction information, like criminal conviction records, can likewise be used by property owners to deny rental housing/ homes and by employers to deny job applications, job promos, etc. Secure your job and future. Call Vashon 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, finger prints, photos and other nonconviction information.