Wabash, WA: CRIMINAL RECORD EXPUNGE INFORMATION

A rap sheet takes place whenever an individual is convicted of a criminal offense by a court. The criminal conviction will typically constantly stay on the individual's state criminal record till a legal motion (request) to vacate conviction is brought under RCW 9.96.060 prior to the very same court after a specific time period. For most 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 since the conviction looked for to be vacated. If all these preconditions are fulfilled, most community & district courts will typically grant motions 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 mention on future task applications that he/she has never had a rap sheet.

Under RCW 9.96.060, an individual is restricted to only one trip of a misdemeanor criminal conviction. Convictions for DUIs and certain misdemeanor sex criminal offenses can not be vacated.

Nonconviction information (cops arrest records, prison booking records, fingerprints/ pictures (mugshots) records, etc) take place whenever an individual is arrested/jailed however no criminal charges are ever filed in court. Such nonconviction information are held by Washington State police for several years. Local arresting cops firms & the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA both maintain nonconviction information.

Under RCW 10.97.060 and WAC 446-16-025, individuals may make written requests to expunge/delete such cops nonconviction information. These requests should be made to both the local arresting cops firm and to the Washington State Patrol Criminal History Section in Olympia, WA. Such requests will typically be given 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 reject rental housing/ homes and by employers to reject task applications, task promotions, etc. Safeguard your task and future. Call Wabash criminal record expungement lawyer attorney Paul Hanson to assist you clear your old court criminal record and old cops criminal history. He'll assist vacate you vacate old court criminal convictions and expunge/delete old cops criminal history, arrest records, fingerprints, pictures and other nonconviction information.