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Expungement Law of PA

List of ACLL Resources

Secondary Sources

Secondary Legal Sources may restate the law, but they also discuss, analyze, describe, explain, or critique it as well.  These include reference works such as dictionaries and encyclopedias, books, treatises, theses and dissertations, journal articles, loose-leaf publications, indexes and abstracts.

Treatises, not to be confused with treaties, are book-length expositions on the law as it pertains to a particular subject. Treatises may be scholarly in nature, such as Murray on Contracts, or they may be geared toward a legal practitioner, such as a manual or handbook.

 

1.  Encyclopedias

 Pennsylvania Law Encyclopedia, 2d     Stack 23  KFP65.P42

  • Arrest Records Vol. 17  Crim. Law §  178,  Crim. Law Vol. 19  §  839
  • Correction of Record, Vol. 19 Crim. Law § 839
  • Generally, Vol. 17 Crim. Law § 178, Vol. 19 Crim. Law § 881 & 884
  • Petition & Procedure Vol. 19 Crim. Law § 885

           Standard Pennsylvania Practice 2d  

  • KFP530.S7  Stack 38
  • PA Criminal Practice Vol.16C, Criminal Records and Expungement, Chapter 35 § 1-7 

            Summary of Pennsylvania Jurisprudence 2d  

  • KFP65.L42  Stack 22
  • Expungement of Record (Index)
  • Vol. 25, Domestic Relations Actions § 126:1347 Expungement of PFA
  • Vol. 25A, Juvenile Proceedings § 131:26 

     

West's Pennsylvania Practice  Stack 25 KFP 530 .S7

  • Criminal Practice, Volume 16C, Criminal Records and Expungement  § 19:46

2.  Citators

Shepard’s Pennsylvania Citations  Books on Stack 22 or on Lexis 

KeyCite (Westlaw)

 

3.  Catalog Subjects

  • Criminal Records - Expungement

 

4.  Forms

Philadelphia Expungement Form:  https://www.courts.phila.gov/pdf/forms/criminal/expungement-790.pdf

 

5.  Treatises (2012 or newer)

Clean Slate CLE KFP 592.5.A75 C54 2019  

The Lifelong Impact of a Criminal Record KFP 592.5.A75 L54 2014