Pennsylvania § 9122.2 - Clean slate limited access.

§ 9122.2. Clean slate limited access.

(a) General rule.--The following shall be subject to limited access:

(1) Subject to the exceptions under section 9122.3 (relating to exceptions) or if a court has vacated an order for limited access under section 9122.4 (relating to order to vacate order for limited access), criminal history record information pertaining to a conviction of a misdemeanor of the second degree, a misdemeanor of the third degree or a misdemeanor offense punishable by imprisonment of no more than two years if a person has been free for seven years from conviction for any offense punishable by imprisonment of one or more years and if payment of all court-ordered restitution has occurred. Upon payment of all court-ordered restitution, the person whose criminal history record information is subject to limited access under this paragraph shall also pay the fee previously authorized to carry out the limited access and clean slate limited access provisions.

(1.1) Subject to the exceptions under section 9122.3 or if a court has vacated an order for limited access under section 9122.4, criminal history record information pertaining to a conviction of a qualifying offense if a person has been free for 10 years from conviction for any offense punishable by imprisonment of one or more years and if payment of all court-ordered restitution has occurred. Upon payment of all court-ordered restitution, the person whose criminal history record information is subject to limited access under this paragraph shall also pay the fee previously authorized to carry out the limited access and clean slate limited access provisions.

(2) Criminal history record information pertaining to charges which resulted in a final disposition other than a conviction.

(3) Criminal history record information pertaining to a conviction for a summary offense when five years have elapsed since entry of the judgment of conviction and payment of all court-ordered restitution has occurred. Upon payment of all court-ordered restitution, the person whose criminal history record information is subject to limited access under this paragraph shall also pay the fee previously authorized to carry out the limited access and clean slate limited access provisions.

(4) Criminal history record information pertaining to a conviction for which a conditional pardon was granted.

(b) Procedures.--

(1) On a monthly basis, the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts shall transmit to the Pennsylvania State Police central repository the record of any conviction eligible for limited access under subsection (a)(1).

(2) The Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts shall transmit to the Pennsylvania State Police repository:

(i) The record of charges subject to limited access under subsection (a)(2) within 30 days after entry of the disposition and payment of any ordered restitution.

(ii) The record of any conviction under subsection (a)(3) within 30 days after the record becomes subject to limited access.

(3) If the Pennsylvania State Police central repository determines through a validation process that a record transmitted is not eligible for limited access relief under subsection (a) or does not match data held in the repository, the Pennsylvania State Police shall notify the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts of this determination within 30 days of receiving the information.

(4) Upon the expiration of the 30-day period, the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts shall remove from the list of eligible records any record for which the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts received a notification of ineligibility or nonmatch with repository data.

(5) Each court of common pleas shall issue monthly an order for limited access for any record in its judicial district for which no notification of ineligibility was received by the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts.

(c) Limitation on release of records.--A criminal history record that is the subject of an order for limited access under this section shall be made available to a noncriminal justice agency only as provided for in section 9121(b), (b.1) and (b.2) (relating to general regulations).

(June 28, 2018, P.L.402, No.56, eff. 365 days; Oct. 29, 2020, P.L.718, No.83, eff. 60 days; Dec. 14, 2023, P.L.334, No.36)

2023 Amendment. Act 36 amended subsec. (a)(1), (3) and (4) and added subsec. (a)(1.1), effective in 60 days as to the amendment of subsec. (a)(4) and 180 days as to the remainder of the section.

2020 Amendment. Act 83 amended subsecs. (a)(1) and (3) and (b)(2)(i) and added subsec. (a)(4). Section 5 of Act 83 provided that within 365 days of the effective date of section 5, the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons and the Pennsylvania State Police shall identify and complete the processing of records that are eligible for clean slate limited access under subsecs. (a)(1), (3) and (4) of this section.

2018 Amendment. Act 56 added section 9122.2. See section 4(1) of Act 56 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to applicability. See the preamble to Act 56 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to findings and declarations.

Cross References. Section 9122.2 is referred to in sections 9121, 9122.3, 9122.4, 9122.5, 9122.6, 9124 of this title.