§ 9121. General regulations
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 18 Pa.C.S.A. Crimes and OffensesEffective: February 12, 2024
Effective: February 12, 2024
18 Pa.C.S.A. § 9121
§ 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 agency or to any noncriminal justice agency that is providing a service for which a criminal justice agency is responsible.
(b) Dissemination to noncriminal justice agencies and individuals.--Criminal history record information shall be disseminated by the Pennsylvania State Police to any individual or noncriminal justice agency only upon request. Other criminal justice agencies may disseminate criminal history record information to any individual or noncriminal justice agency only as they deem necessary to carry out their law enforcement functions as otherwise allowed by this chapter. The following apply:
(1) A fee may be charged by the Pennsylvania State Police for each request for criminal history record information by an individual or noncriminal justice agency, except that no fee shall be charged to an individual who makes the request in order to apply to become a volunteer with an affiliate of Big Brothers of America or Big Sisters of America or with a rape crisis center or domestic violence program.
(3) A court or the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts may not disseminate to an individual, a noncriminal justice agency or an Internet website any criminal history record information relating to a charge which is the subject of a court order for limited access as provided in section 9122.1 or 9122.2. Nothing in this paragraph shall permit a county clerk of courts or any other official to refuse access to criminal history record information related to convictions that have not been afforded limited access solely because one or more charges arising out of the same conduct or criminal episode have been afforded limited access, as provided in sections 9122.1 or 9122.2 or nolle prossed, withdrawn or dismissed.
(b.1) Exception.--Subsection (b)(1) and (2) shall not apply if the request is made by a county children and youth agency or the Department of Human Services in the performance of duties relating to children and youth under the act of June 24, 1937 (P.L. 2017, No. 396),1 known as the County Institution District Law, section 2168 of the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L. 323, No. 130),2 known as The County Code, the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L. 31, No. 21),3 known as the Human Services Code, 23 Pa.C.S. Ch. 63 (relating to child protective services) or 42 Pa.C.S. Ch. 63 (relating to juvenile matters).
(ii) To the verification of information provided to the Supreme Court, or an entity of the Supreme Court, in its capacity to govern the practice, procedure and conduct of all courts, the admission to the bar, the practice of law, the administration of all courts and supervision of all officers of the judicial branch.
(c) Data required to be kept.--Any criminal justice agency which disseminates criminal history record information must indicate to the recipient that the information disseminated is only that information contained in its own file, the date of the last entry, and that a summary of the Statewide criminal history record information may be obtained from the central repository.
(d) Extracting from the record.--When criminal history record information is maintained by a criminal justice agency in records containing investigative information, intelligence information, treatment information or other nonpublic information, the agency may extract and disseminate only the criminal history record information if the dissemination is to be made to a noncriminal justice agency or individual.
(f) Notations on record.--Repositories must enter as a permanent part of an individual's criminal history record information file, a listing of all persons and agencies to whom they have disseminated that particular criminal history record information and the date and purpose for which the information was disseminated. Such listing shall be maintained separate from the record itself.
Credits
1979, July 16, P.L. 116, No. 47, § 2, effective Jan. 1, 1980. Amended 1979, Dec. 14, P.L. 556, No. 127, § 3, imd. effective; 1982, June 11, P.L. 476, No. 138, § 4, effective in 180 days; 1996, July 2, P.L. 480, No. 76, § 1, effective in 60 days; 1998, Dec. 21, P.L. 1103, No. 149, § 6, effective in 60 days; 2002, Oct. 28, P.L. 888, No. 129, § 1, imd. effective; 2016, Feb. 16, P.L. 10, No. 5, § 1, effective in 270 days [Nov. 14, 2016]; 2018, June 28, P.L. 402, No. 56, § 1, effective in 365 days [June 28, 2019]; 2023, Dec. 14, P.L. 334, No. 36, § 2, effective in 60 days [Feb. 12, 2024].
18 Pa.C.S.A. § 9121, PA ST 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 9121
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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