Wabash, WA: RAP SHEET EXPUNGE INFO

A rap sheet takes place whenever an individual is founded guilty of a criminal offense by a court. The criminal conviction will typically constantly stay on the person's state criminal record till a legal motion (demand) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 prior to the same court after a specific time period. For many criminal misdemeanor & gross misdemeanor convictions, the time duration is typically 3 to 5 years after court probation ends and after all financial obligations owed to the court have actually been fully pleased. And there should not be any brand-new criminal convictions/ charges/ arrests because the conviction looked for to be vacated. If all these prerequisites are satisfied, many municipal & district courts will typically grant motions 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 may lawfully state 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 vacation of a misdemeanor criminal conviction. Convictions for DUIs and specific misdemeanor sex criminal offenses can not be vacated.

Nonconviction data (authorities arrest records, jail booking records, fingerprints/ photos (mugshots) records, etc) happen whenever an individual is arrested/jailed however no criminal charges are ever submitted in court. Such nonconviction data are held by Washington State law enforcement agencies for several years. Local arresting authorities companies & the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA both retain nonconviction data.

Under RCW 10.97.060 and WAC 446-16-025, individuals may make written demands to expunge/delete such authorities nonconviction data. These demands should be made to both the regional arresting authorities company and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA. Such demands will typically be given if there have actually been no charges within 2 years of the nonconviction data looked for 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 landlords to reject rental housing/ apartments and by companies to reject task applications, task promotions, and so on. Safeguard your task and future. Call Wabash criminal record expungement lawyer attorney Paul Hanson to help you clear your old court criminal record and old authorities criminal history. He'll help vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old authorities criminal history, arrest records, fingerprints, photos and other nonconviction data.