18 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Chapter 91 - Criminal History Record Information

Section 9101 - Short Title Of Chapter
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Criminal History Record Information Act."
Section 9102 - Definitions
The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly...
Section 9103 - Applicability
This chapter shall apply to persons within this Commonwealth and to any agency of the Commonwealth or its political subdivisions which collects, maintains, disseminates...
Section 9104 - Scope
(a) General rule.--Except for the provisions of Subchapter B (relating to completeness and accuracy), Subchapter D (relating to security) and Subchapter F (relating to...
Section 9105 - Other Criminal Justice Information
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to apply to information concerning juveniles, except as provided in section 9123 (relating to juvenile records), unless...
Section 9106 - Information In Central Repository Or Automated Systems
(a) General rule.--Intelligence information, investigative information and treatment information shall not be collected in the central repository. This prohibition shall not preclude the collection...

Section 9111 - Duties Of Criminal Justice Agencies
It shall be the duty of every criminal justice agency within the Commonwealth to maintain complete and accurate criminal history record information and to...
Section 9112 - Mandatory Fingerprinting
(a) General rule.--Fingerprints of all persons arrested for a felony, misdemeanor or summary offense which becomes a misdemeanor on a second arrest after conviction...
Section 9113 - Disposition Reporting By Criminal Justice Agencies
(a) Reports of dispositions required.--All criminal justice agencies, including but not limited to, courts, county, regional and State correctional institutions and parole and probation...
Section 9114 - Correction Of Inaccurate Information
Within 15 days of the detection of inaccurate data in a criminal history record, regardless of the manner of discovery, the criminal justice agency...

Section 9121 - General Regulations
(a) Dissemination to criminal justice agencies.--Criminal history record information maintained by any criminal justice agency shall be disseminated without charge to any criminal justice...
Section 9122 - Expungement
(a) Specific proceedings.--Criminal history record information shall be expunged in a specific criminal proceeding when: (1) no disposition has been received or, upon request...
Section 9123 - Juvenile Records
(a) Expungement of juvenile records.--Notwithstanding the provisions of section 9105 (relating to other criminal justice information) and except as provided under subsection (a.1), expungement...
Section 9124 - Use Of Records By Licensing Agencies
(a) State agencies.--Except as provided by this chapter, a board, commission or department of the Commonwealth, when determining eligibility for licensing, certification, registration or...
Section 9125 - Use Of Records For Employment
(a) General rule.--Whenever an employer is in receipt of information which is part of an employment applicant's criminal history record information file, it may...

Section 9131 - Security Requirements For Repositories
Every criminal justice agency collecting, storing or disseminating criminal history record information shall ensure the confidentiality and security of criminal history record information by...

Section 9141 - Audits
(a) Audit required.-- (1) The Attorney General shall conduct annual audits of the central repository and of a representative sample of all repositories. The...
Section 9142 - Quality Control
Each repository shall establish effective procedures, in compliance with rules and regulations promulgated by the Attorney General, for the completeness and accuracy of criminal...
Section 9143 - Regulations
It shall be the duty and responsibility of the Attorney General, in consultation with the Pennsylvania State Police, to adopt rules and regulations pursuant...

Section 9151 - Right To Access And Review
(a) General rule.--Any individual or his legal representative has the right to review, challenge, correct and appeal the accuracy and completeness of his criminal...
Section 9152 - Procedure
(a) Rules and regulations.--The Attorney General in cooperation with appropriate criminal justice agencies shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement this section and shall...
Section 9153 - Individual Rights On Access And Review
Any individual exercising his or her right to access and review under the provisions of this subchapter shall be informed when criminal history record...

Section 9161 - Duties Of The Attorney General
The Attorney General shall have the power and authority to: (1) Establish rules and regulations for criminal history record information with respect to security,...

Section 9171 - Requirements Of Repositories Relating To Public Notice
Repositories maintaining criminal history record information shall inform the public and post in a public place, notice of the existence, purpose, use and accessibility...

Section 9181 - General Administrative Sanctions
Any person, including any agency or organization, who violates the provisions of this chapter or any regulations or rules promulgated under it may: (1)...
Section 9182 - Criminal Penalties (Deleted By Amendment)
§ 9182. Criminal penalties (Deleted by amendment). 1979 Repeal Note. Section 9182 was deleted by amendment December 14, 1979, P.L.556, No.127, effective immediately.
Section 9183 - Civil Actions
(a) Injunctions.--The Attorney General or any other individual or agency may institute an action in a court of proper jurisdiction against any person, agency...

Last modified: October 8, 2016