Row Officers

The Office of the Clerk of Courts

Expungements

Criminal Case Expungements

• PA Statute:  18 Pa.C.S.A. § 9122
  • Eligibility
• PA Criminal Rules:  490 and 790
  • Contents of Petition and Order
  • Form petition available at the Unified Judicial System link listed below

Juvenile Case Expungements

• PA Statute: 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 9123 
  • Eligibility
• PA Juvenile Rules:  170 and 172
  • Contents of Motion and Order
• Informal Adjustment and Consent Decree outcomes are typically expunged upon successful completion of the program.

(See Statutes and PA Rules of Court for additional information)

Filing fee for Expungement Motion is $55.00 (an additional $5.00 is assessed if the case did not exist at the Common Please case level)

Useful links:

• ARD: http://buckscounty.org/government/rowOfficers/DistrictAttorney/ARD.aspx
• PA Board of Pardons:  http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/bop_home/
• Legal Aid of Southeastern PA:  www.lasp.org/   
• Criminal Justice Policy Foundation:  http://www.cjpf.org/clemency/Pennsylvania.html
• PA State Police (background check):  https://epatch.state.pa.us/Home.jsp
• Unified Judicial System:  http://www.pacourts.us/Forms/Default.htm

Office of The Clerk of Courts
Mary K. Smithson
Clerk of Courts
Bucks County Courthouse
55 East Court Street
Doylestown, Pennsylvania 18901
Phone: 215 348-6389
Fax: 215 348-6740
cocassociates@co.bucks.pa.us