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Reading a Conviction Rapsheet

The transcript of record (RAP = Record of Arrests and Prosecutions) reflects the conviction criminal history at state level. The links and numbers on this instruction correspond with the red circled numbers on the sample RAP sheet.

State Identification (SID) Number.
Name: Name that appears on the subject's first fingerprint card received by the Section can be referred to as true name or subject of record.
Federal Bureau of Identification (FBI) number. Does not appear on conviction criminal history.
Department of Corrections (DOC) number.
Person Information includes sex, race, height, weight, eye color, hair color, place of birth, citizenship, names used, dates of birth, social security number and miscellaneous number. Data regarding person information is entered using standard National Crime Information Center (NCIC) abbreviations.
Deceased: Information submitted by an agency that is reported deceased or verified deceased by post mortem prints or dental records.
Comment field for additional information such as True Name Unknown, Twin, wheelchair.
Scars Marks, Tattoos, and Amputations using standard NCIC abbreviations.
Conviction and Failure to Appear Summary divided by crime class types. Felony, Gross Misdemeanor, Misdemeanor and Unknown. Each felony class type is broken down by Felony Classification(s). Class A, B or C. A is being most serious. Literal of each offense and the date of conviction. Failure To Appear (FTA) indicates the number of FTA arrests, since September 1999, on file for the subject.
Sex/Kidnapping Offender Registration. In 1999 the Sex and Kidnapping Offenders Registration database was rewritten to provide the capability to collect all SOR information in one information system.

Event column: Includes type of event (Sex/Kidnapping Registration, Relieved of Duty or Fail to Register), subject's name at the time of the event, date of registration, contributing agency identifier (agency who submitted the fingerprints), and name used at the time of the event.
Criminal History Information lists arrests and dispositions in chronological order, oldest arrest being the first.
Arrest

A. Arrest One.

B. Date of Arrest.

C. Name used at the time of the arrest. (May not be the same as subject of record).

D. Contributing Agency: The contributor of the prints may or may not be the same as the originating case agency.

E. Local ID: agency case number.
Arrest Offenses: Not shown on conviction criminal history requests.
Disposition

A. Contributor or Responsible Agency: Usually a court or prosecutor and defaults to the contributor or originating agency if not indicated.

B. Court Case Number.

C. Status Date: Date of the court decision or sentencing.

D. Status: charge 1 guilty.

E. Crime code and charge.

F. RCW.

G. Crime Classification.

H. Counts: will only state if more than one count.

I. Status: Charge 2

J. Sentence Description: fines, jail or prison time and supervision.
Arrest number two: PCN (Process Control Number): a number assigned at the time of arrest and followed through to adjudication and shows an example of how consecutive sentencing and appeal information appears on a RAP sheet.
Arrest number three: Shows an example court order updates to a court case such as Certificate of Discharge and Restoration of Right to Possess a Firearm.
Arrest number four: Shows an arrest without any sentencing information.
Arrest number five: Shows an example of Unknown Class offense. A degree is needed for crimes against person’s offenses. This example of a “REFER TO” by being linked to a previous court case.
Arrest number six: Shows an example of arrest information that is less then a year old without disposition. Status in this case will show as NOT RECEIVED and in sentence description field, additional jail time is received on 11/05/2001.
State Department of Corrections Custody Status Information: an ongoing interface with the state Department of Corrections Offender-Based Tracking system (OBTS). Any questions should be directed to the Department of Corrections.
Custody History:

Date: Date of commitment or supervision.

Name Used: Subject's name at the time of the fingerprinting.

DOC Number: Number that is assigned by DOC.

Contributing Agency: Correctional/Prison agency who's contributing the fingerprint card.

Court Case Number: Case number that was assigned by the court.

County/State: In which the crime was sentenced.

Charge: RCW based 5-digit crime code, literal of offense and RCW.
GLOSSARY indicates the definitions of some of the terms used in a criminal history record.