Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 91 - Criminal History Record Information
Section 9183 - Civil actions


(a) Injunctions.--The Attorney General or any other individual or agency may institute an action in a court of proper jurisdiction against any person, agency or organization to enjoin any criminal justice agency, noncriminal justice agency, organization or individual violating the provisions of this chapter or to compel such agency, organization or person to comply with the provisions of this chapter.
(b) Action for damages.--
(1) Any person aggrieved by a violation of the provisions of this chapter or of the rules and regulations promulgated under this chapter, shall have the substantive right to bring an action for damages by reason of such violation in a court of competent jurisdiction.
(2) A person found by the court to have been aggrieved by a violation of this chapter or the rules or regulations promulgated under this chapter, shall be entitled to actual and real damages of not less than $100 for each violation and to reasonable costs of litigation and attorney's fees. Exemplary and punitive damages of not less than $1,000 nor more than $10,000 shall be imposed for any violation of this chapter, or the rules or regulations adopted under this chapter, found to be willful.

Cross References. Section 9183 is referred to in section 9106 of this title.

Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes

Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes

Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES

Chapter 91 - Criminal History Record Information

Extra - Chapter Notes

Section 9101 - Short title of chapter

Section 9102 - Definitions

Section 9103 - Applicability

Section 9104 - Scope

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 - Expungement

Section 9122.1 - Petition for limited access

Section 9122.2 - Clean slate limited access

Section 9122.3 - Exceptions

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 9141 - Audits

Section 9142 - Quality control

Section 9143 - Regulations

Section 9151 - Right to access and review

Section 9152 - Procedure

Section 9153 - Individual rights on access and review

Section 9158 - Definitions

Section 9158.1 - Right to access

Section 9158.2 - Access

Section 9158.3 - Denial

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

Section 9182 - Criminal penalties (Deleted by amendment)

Section 9183 - Civil actions