Wabash, WA: RAP SHEET EXPUNGE INFORMATION

A rap sheet occurs whenever an individual is convicted of a criminal offense by a court. The criminal conviction will generally always remain on the individual's state rap sheet up until a legal movement (request) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 prior to the exact same court after a certain time period. For the majority of criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time duration is generally 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all monetary commitments owed to the court have actually been fully satisfied. And there must not be any new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests because the conviction sought to be vacated. If all these prerequisites are met, the majority of community & district courts will generally approve movements to vacate a criminal conviction. That leads to the individual no longer having a rap sheet for that specific conviction.

A person whose criminal conviction is vacated may legally specify on future task applications that he/she has never ever had a rap sheet.

Under RCW 9.96.060, an individual is restricted to just one getaway of a misdemeanor criminal conviction. Convictions for DUIs and particular misdemeanor sex criminal activities can not be vacated.

Nonconviction data (authorities arrest records, jail booking records, finger prints/ pictures (mugshots) records, etc) take place whenever an individual is arrested/jailed however no criminal charges are ever filed in court. Such nonconviction data are held by Washington State law enforcement agencies for several years. Local jailing authorities agencies & the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA both maintain nonconviction data.

Under RCW 10.97.060 and WAC 446-16-025, individuals may make written requests to expunge/delete such authorities nonconviction data. These requests must be made to both the regional jailing authorities agency and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA. Such requests will generally 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 because 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 also be used by property managers to reject rental real estate/ apartments and by companies to reject task applications, task promos, etc. Protect your task and future. Call Wabash rap sheet expungement lawyer attorney Paul Hanson to assist you clear your old court rap sheet 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, pictures and other nonconviction data.