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Section 1955 - Information concerning drivers and vehicles

75 PA Cons Stat § 1955 (2019) (N/A)
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(a) Drivers, registrations, titles and security interests.--

(1) The fee for a copy of written or electronic information relating to a driver, registration, title or security interest shall be $8.

(2) If a Commonwealth agency has entered into a contract with a third party to deliver driver information to a person that has complied with section 6114(b)(5) (relating to limitation on sale, publication and disclosure of records), the department may impose an additional fee of up to $2 for the requested record.

(3) Upon approval from the department, a person that has received the driver information from the third party under paragraph (2) that has complied with section 6114(b)(5) may provide the information, for a fee, to a third party for the same purposes contained in section 6114(b)(5) without the payment of any additional fees under this subsection to the department.

(4) Except as provided in paragraph (3), a person that sells, publishes or discloses or offers to sell, publish or disclose the information received by the person under this subsection commits a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $1,000.

(5) The department shall comply with the provisions of section 6114(d) with respect to the information of a driver under 18 years of age whose information is provided to any person under this subsection.

(b) Other data and information.--The department may charge to any person or governmental or quasi-governmental entity a reasonable fee based on the cost to the department of compiling data and statistical information upon request.

(June 18, 1980, P.L.229, No.68, eff. 60 days; Dec. 7, 1994, P.L.820, No.115, eff. 60 days; Dec. 21, 1998, P.L.1126, No.151, eff. imd.; Nov. 25, 2013, P.L.974, No.89)

2013 Amendment. Act 89 amended subsec. (a), effective immediately as to subsec. (a)(2) and April 1, 2014, as to subsec. (a)(1), (3), (4) and (5). See the preamble to Act 89 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to legislative findings and declarations.

Cross References. Section 1955 is referred to in section 1904 of this title; section 8619 of Title 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries).

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