My question involves criminal records for the state of: Washington In 1989 I was convicted in Washington State of Attempted Malicious Mischief, a gross misdemeanor. In 2009 I had the conviction vacated, meaning that the Washington State Patrol, the official holder of criminal records in Washington State, will no longer make that information available to the public. I recently checked myself on a background search site called Persopo, and the conviction came up. I'm assuming that this happened because the conviction data got into the Persopo data base some time before I had the conviction vacated in 2009. I read somewhere once that in a case like this, if you can present proof to the background check company that your conviction was vacated, you can request, if not demand, that they delete that information from their database. Is this true? Has anyone on this Expert Law site ever done this, and succeeded? If so, is this something I could do myself, or should I have an attorney handle it, to put more "force" behind the request? There are some background check sites which are designed only for employers and landlords, and those sites do not have an "opt out" option, for the casual viewer to delete any and all of his data from the site. Could I request that even these sites remove my vacated conviction data? What about the FBI? Should/could I do a background check of myself through them, to make sure they are not making the vacated conviction available to the public, and if they are, request that they stop doing so?

