Vashon, WA: RAP SHEET EXPUNGE INFORMATION

A rap sheet occurs whenever a person is convicted of a criminal offense by a court. The criminal conviction will usually constantly remain on the individual's state criminal record till a legal movement (request) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 before the same court after a particular time period. For many 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 totally pleased. And there must not be any new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests considering that the conviction looked for to be vacated. If all these prerequisites are met, many municipal & district courts will usually give motions to vacate a criminal conviction. That leads to 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 ever had a rap sheet.

Under RCW 9.96.060, a person is restricted to only one vacation of a misdemeanor criminal conviction. Convictions for DUIs and particular misdemeanor sex crimes can not be vacated.

Nonconviction information (police arrest records, jail booking records, finger prints/ pictures (mugshots) records, etc) happen whenever a person is arrested/jailed but no criminal charges are ever submitted in court. Such nonconviction information are held by Washington State police for several years. Local jailing police agencies & the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA both maintain nonconviction information.

Under RCW 10.97.060 and WAC 446-16-025, persons may make written demands to expunge/delete such police nonconviction information. These demands must be made to both the local jailing police firm and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA. Such demands will usually be given if there have actually been no charges within two years of the nonconviction information looked for to be deleted, and over 3 years have actually 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 information, like criminal conviction records, can likewise be utilized by property owners to deny rental housing/ apartment or condos and by employers to deny task applications, task promotions, etc. Protect your task and future. Call Vashon criminal record expungement legal representative attorney Paul Hanson to help you clear your old court criminal record and old police criminal history. He'll help vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old police criminal history, arrest records, finger prints, pictures 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 utilized by property owners to deny rental housing/ apartment or condos and by employers to deny task applications, task promotions, etc. Protect your task and future. Call Vashon criminal record expungement legal representative attorney Paul Hanson to help you clear your old court criminal record and old police criminal history. He'll help vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old police criminal history, arrest records, finger prints, pictures and other nonconviction information.