Legal Question in Criminal Law in Pennsylvania

Disorderly Conduct Summary Offense

I recently was denied on an apartment application due to a failed background check. I think it is because two years ago I pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct (summary) offense. I have done a lot of research on this and it seems to me that in Pennsylvania this is just above a traffic violation and below a misdimenor. I thought that summeray offenses didn't show up on criminal records. I guess I was wrong. On my criminal record will it give details as to what the disorderly conduct summary offense was for? or will is be a general labeling?


Asked on 6/06/08, 6:56 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
John Gibson John W. Gibson, Esquire

Re: Disorderly Conduct Summary Offense

There's probably going to be a lot of civil liability arising out of background checks done by dozens of new companies springing up. Summary Offenses are public records so you can't even get them expunged but now that they are showing on the internet they are hurting a lot of people with employment and jobs. If you send me an e-mail I will send you a reply to tell you where you can look at the dockets online and see exactly what it shows.

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Answered on 6/12/08, 9:00 am


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