Overview Description

Records relating to arrests and charges are extracted from police department files when three years have passed since an arrest without conviction and there are no pending proceedings. 18 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 9121(b)(2)(i).

There is no statutory language regarding ineligible offenses.

The procedure is automatic. Before a police department disseminates criminal history record information to an individual or noncriminal justice agency, it extracts from the record all notations of arrests, indictments, or other information relating to the initiation of criminal proceedings. 18 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 9121(b)(2)(i).

There is no statutory language regarding fees.

The person's non-conviction information in police department records is not disclosed to the public. 18 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 9121(b)(2)(i).

The information is removed three years after arrest.