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Statute:

18 Pa.C.S. § 9122 (2006)

§ 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 for criminal
   history record information, no disposition has been recorded in the
   repository within 18 months after the date of arrest and the court of
   proper jurisdiction certifies to the director of the repository that no
   disposition is available and no action is pending. Expungement shall
   not occur until the certification from the court is received and the
   director of the repository authorizes such expungement;
 
   (2) a court order requires that such nonconviction data be expunged;
   or
 
   (3) a person 21 years of age or older who has been convicted of a
   violation of section 6308 (relating to purchase, consumption,
   possession or transportation of liquor or malt or brewed beverages)
   petitions the court of common pleas in the county where the conviction
   occurred seeking expungement and the person has satisfied all terms and
   conditions of the sentence imposed for the violation, including any
   suspension of operating privileges imposed pursuant to section 6310.4
   (relating to restriction of operating privileges). Upon review of the
   petition, the court shall order the expungement of all criminal history
   record information and all administrative records of the Department of
   Transportation relating to said conviction.
 
   (b) GENERALLY. --Criminal history record information may be expunged when:
 
   (1) An individual who is the subject of the information reaches 70
   years of age and has been free of arrest or prosecution for ten years
   following final release from confinement or supervision; or
 
   (2) An individual who is the subject of the information has been dead
   for three years.
 
   (B.1) PROHIBITION.-- A court shall not have the authority to order expungement of the defendant's arrest record where the defendant was placed on Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition for a violation of any offense set forth in any of the following where the victim is under 18 years of age:
 
   Section 3121 (relating to rape).
 
   Section 3122.1 (relating to statutory sexual assault).
 
   Section 3123 (relating to involuntary deviate sexual intercourse).
 
   Section 3124.1 (relating to sexual assault).
 
   Section 3125 (relating to aggravated indecent assault).
 
   Section 3126 (relating to indecent assault).
 
   Section 5902(b) (relating to prostitution and related offenses).
 
   Section 5903 (relating to obscene and other sexual materials and
   performances).
 
   (c) MAINTENANCE OF CERTAIN INFORMATION REQUIRED OR AUTHORIZED.-- Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the prosecuting attorney and the central repository shall, and the court may, maintain a list of the names and other criminal history record information of persons whose records are required by law or court rule to be expunged where the individual has successfully completed the conditions of any pretrial or post-trial diversion or probation program. Such information shall be used solely for the purpose of determining subsequent eligibility for such programs and for identifying persons in criminal investigations. Criminal history record information may be expunged as provided in subsection (b)(1) and (2). Such information shall be made available to any court or law enforcement agency upon request.
 
   (d) NOTICE OF EXPUNGEMENT. --Notice of expungement shall promptly be submitted to the central repository which shall notify all criminal justice agencies which have received the criminal history record information to be expunged.
 
   (e) PUBLIC RECORDS. --Public records listed in section 9104(a) (relating to scope) shall not be expunged.
 
   (f) DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S NOTICE. --The court shall give ten days prior notice to the district attorney of the county where the original charge was filed of any applications for expungement under the provisions of subsection (a)(2).