You have the right to inspect the Criminal History Record
Information (CHRI) on file with the Washington State
Patrol (WSP) or a local police agency. We can support you to seal, vacate and expunge your criminal record.
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Washington's CHRI Laws
Your Criminal History Record Information (CHRI) includes reports of investigations,
records of arrests, and identification information obtained
from adults and juveniles who are arrested for offenses.
Local police agencies are required by state statute to send a
fingerprint arrest card to the WSP on all adults and many
juveniles arrested for the commission of a felony or gross
misdemeanor. On serious offenses, fingerprints are also
sent to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
You must make any challenge to the accuracy or
completeness of the CHRI in writing, clearly identifying the
information which you feel is inaccurate or incomplete. If
the agency refuses to change the information, you may
appeal that decision to the head of the agency that created
the record.
You may request deletion or expungement of CHRI in the
WSP if: (1) the file consists only of non-conviction data; (2)
you are not under prosecution and you have not been
arrested for or charged with a new crime; and either (3a) two
years or longer has elapsed since the record became nonconviction
data as a result of the entry of a disposition
favorable to you, or (3b) three years or longer have elapsed
from the date of arrest or filing of charges and you are not a
fugitive and the case is not still pending in court.
You may not obtain the deletion or expungement of a record related to a case that resulted in a conviction or other
disposition adverse to you. Examples of dispositions that
are adverse to you include the entry of an order to dismiss
entered after the successful completion of a period of
probation, suspension, or deferral of sentence. However,
when the superior court has vacated your felony conviction,
the public will not have access to information about the
conviction in your CHRI. |
