(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 of that summary offense, shall be taken by the arresting authority, and within 48 hours of the arrest, shall be forwarded to, and in a manner and such a form as provided by, the central repository.
(b) Other cases.--
(1) Where private complaints for a felony or misdemeanor result in a conviction, the court of proper jurisdiction shall order the defendant to submit for fingerprinting by the municipal police of the jurisdiction in which the offense was allegedly committed or in the absence of a police department, the State Police. Fingerprints so obtained shall, within 48 hours, be forwarded to the central repository in a manner and in such form as may be provided by the central repository.
(2) Where defendants named in police complaints are proceeded against by summons, or for offenses under section 3929 (relating to retail theft), the court of proper jurisdiction shall order the defendant to submit within five days of such order for fingerprinting by the municipal police of the jurisdiction in which the offense allegedly was committed or, in the absence of a police department, the State Police. Fingerprints so obtained shall, within 48 hours, be forwarded to the central repository in a manner and in such form as may be provided by the central repository.
(c) Transmittal of information.--The central repository shall transmit the criminal history record information to the criminal justice agency which submitted a complete, accurate and classifiable fingerprint card.
(Dec. 14, 1979, P.L.556, No.127, eff. imd.; June 11, 1982, P.L.476, No.138, eff. 180 days)
Cross References. Section 9112 is referred to in section 6309 of Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure).
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES
Chapter 91 - Criminal History Record Information
Section 9101 - Short title of chapter
Section 9105 - Other criminal justice information
Section 9106 - Information in central repository or automated systems
Section 9111 - Duties of criminal justice agencies
Section 9112 - Mandatory fingerprinting
Section 9113 - Disposition reporting by criminal justice agencies
Section 9114 - Correction of inaccurate information
Section 9121 - General regulations
Section 9122.1 - Petition for limited access
Section 9122.2 - Clean slate limited access
Section 9122.4 - Order to vacate order for limited access
Section 9122.5 - Effects of expunged records and records subject to limited access
Section 9122.6 - Employer immunity from liability
Section 9123 - Juvenile records
Section 9124 - Use of records by licensing agencies
Section 9125 - Use of records for employment
Section 9131 - Security requirements for repositories
Section 9142 - Quality control
Section 9151 - Right to access and review
Section 9153 - Individual rights on access and review
Section 9158.1 - Right to access
Section 9158.4 - Judicial review
Section 9158.5 - Protection of information
Section 9158.6 - Current dissemination not limited
Section 9158.7 - Rules and regulations
Section 9161 - Duties of the Attorney General
Section 9171 - Requirements of repositories relating to public notice
Section 9181 - General administrative sanctions