Criminal Record Expungement & Background Cleaning Attorney Yakima WA
When you need to vacate criminal convictions, contact Troy Lee & Associates in Yakima, WA. To vacate convictions, the court will assess whether you meet specific conditions. If you pled guilty to any crimes, your plea would be changed to not guilty, and the charges would be dismissed. If you were found guilty, the court will set the convictions aside, dismiss the case(s), and vacate the sentences.
Criminal convictions cannot be vacated if any of the following apply:
- There are criminal charges pending against you in this state, another state or in federal court.
- The offense was a violent offense or an attempt to commit a violent offense (as defined in RCW 9.94A.030).
- The offense was for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs (RCW 46.61.502).
- The offense was for actual physical control of a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs (RCW 46.61.504).
- The offense was for operating a railroad while intoxicated (RCW 9.91.020).
- The offense was any misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor violation including attempt of obscenity and pornography (RCW 9.68).
- The offense was for sexual exploitation of children (RCW 9.68A).
- The offense was a sex offense (RCW 9A.44).
- For non-domestic violence cases, it has been less than 3 years since the completion of the original terms and conditions of the sentence, including any financial obligations or treatment ordered as a condition of sentencing.
- For domestic violence cases, it has been less than 5 years since completion of the original terms and condition of the sentence, including any financial obligations or treatment ordered as a condition of sentencing.
- For domestic violence cases, you cannot have had convictions prior to the one you are attempting to vacate that were related to domestic violence.
- You are currently, or in the last 5 years, have been restrained by a domestic violence protection order, a no-contact order, an anti-harassment order, or a civil restraining order.
- Any prior felony convictions still count towards the offender score
Vacating a Conviction - Courts | seattle.gov. (n.d.). Seattle.Gov. https://www.seattle.gov/courts/programs-and-services/vacating-a-conviction