Wabash, WA: RAP SHEET EXPUNGE INFORMATION

A criminal record occurs whenever an individual is convicted of a crime by a court. The criminal conviction will generally always remain on the individual's state criminal record until a legal motion (request) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 prior to the very same court after a specific period. For most 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 considering that the conviction looked for to be vacated. If all these preconditions are satisfied, most community & district courts will generally approve movements to vacate a criminal conviction. That results in the individual no longer having a criminal record for that particular conviction.

A person whose criminal conviction is vacated may legally state on future job applications that he/she has never ever had a criminal record.

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

Nonconviction data (authorities arrest records, prison booking records, fingerprints/ images (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 many years. Local arresting authorities agencies & 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 must be made to both the regional arresting authorities firm and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA. Such demands will generally be granted if there have actually been no charges within 2 years of the nonconviction data 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 data, like criminal conviction records, can also be used by property owners to reject rental real estate/ apartment or condos and by companies to reject job applications, job promotions, etc. Protect your job 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, images and other nonconviction data.