Ineligible convictions and eligible exclusions
Individuals convicted of the following offenses are NOT ELIGIBLE for Clean Slate
Offenses relating to criminal homicide, including:
- Murder
- Voluntary manslaughter
- Involuntary manslaughter
- Causing or aiding suicide
- Drug delivery resulting in death.
- Criminal homicide of law enforcement officer
- See Chapter 25 of the Crimes Code
Offenses relating to crimes against an unborn child, including:
- Criminal homicide of unborn child
- Murder of unborn child
- Voluntary manslaughter of unborn child
- Aggravated assault of unborn child
- See Chapter 26 of the Crimes Code
Offenses related to assault, including:
- Simple assault
- Aggravated assault
- Assault of law enforcement officer
- Assault by prisoner
- Aggravated harassment by prisoner
- Assault by life prisoner
- Recklessly endangering another person
- Terroristic threats
- Propulsion of missiles into an occupied vehicle or onto a roadway
- Discharge of a firearm into an occupied structure
- Paintball guns and paintball markers
- Use of tear or noxious gas in labor disputes
- Harassment
- Stalking
- Ethnic intimidation
- Assault on sports official
- Neglect of care-dependent person
- Abuse of care-dependent person
- Unauthorized administration of intoxicant
- Threat to use weapons of mass destruction
- Weapons of mass destruction
- Terrorism
- Strangulation
- See Chapter 27 of the Crimes Code
Offenses related to kidnapping, including:
- Kidnapping
- Unlawful restraint
- False imprisonment
- Interference with custody of children
- Interference with custody of committed persons
- Criminal coercion
- Disposition of ransom
- Concealment of whereabouts of a child
- Luring a child into a motor vehicle or structure
- See Chapter 29 of the Crimes Code
Offenses related to human trafficking:
- Trafficking in individuals.
- Involuntary servitude
- Patronizing a victim of sexual servitude
- Unlawful conduct regarding documents
- Nonpayment of wages
- Obstruction of justice
- See Chapter 30 of the Crimes Code
Sexual offenses, including:
- Rape
- Statutory sexual assault
- Involuntary deviate sexual intercourse
- Sexual assault
- Institutional sexual assault
- Sexual assault by sports official, volunteer or employee of nonprofit association
- Aggravated indecent assault
- Indecent assault
- Indecent exposure
- Sexual intercourse with animal
- Conduct relating to sex offenders
- Unlawful dissemination of intimate image
- Tiered sexual offenses and sexual offenses requiring registration, including: corruption of minors, sexual abuse of children, invasion of privacy, prostitution, obscene and other sexual materials, unlawful contact with minors, sexual exploitation of children and numerous federal sexual offenses
- See Chapter 31 of the Crimes Code
Violations relating to abortion, including:
- Medical consultation and judgment.
- Informed consent
- Determination of gestational age
- Abortion on unborn child of 24 or more weeks gestational age
- Infanticide
- Payments and referral fees
- Failure to file reports
- Ordering an abortion
- Fetal experimentation
- False statements
- See Chapter 32 of the Crimes Code
Offenses against the family, including:
- Bigamy
- Incest
- Concealing death of child
- Endangering welfare of children
- Dealing in infant children
- Newborn protection
- See Chapter 43 of the Crimes Code
Offenses involving firearms, including:
- Persons not to possess, use, manufacture, control, sell or transfer firearms
- Firearms not to be carried without a license
- Carrying loaded weapons other than firearms
- Carrying firearms during emergency
- Carrying firearms in public in Philadelphia
- Licenses
- Possession of firearm by minor
- Possession of firearm with altered manufacturer’s number
- Sale or transfer of firearms
- Retail dealer required to be licensed
- Licensing of dealers
- Loans on, or lending or giving firearms prohibited
- False evidence of identity
- Altering or obliterating marks of identification
- Use/possession prohibited bullets
- Proof of license and exception
- Locking devices
- Carrying explosives on conveyances
- Shipping explosives
- See Chapter 61 of the Crimes Code
Miscellaneous offenses:
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Cruelty to animals (not eligible for Clean Slate, but eligible for Act 5 Limited Access) – see Section 5533 of the Crimes Code
Selected offenses NOT ELIGIBLE for Clean Slate, but ELIGIBLE for Act 5
- Simple assaults graded as second and third degree misdemeanors
- Reckless endangerment
- Harassment
- Criminal coercion
- Sale or transfer of firearms graded as second degree misdemeanors
- Corruption of minors graded as summary offenses
- Carrying loaded weapons other than firearms
- Sale or transfer of firearms
This list is not exhaustive. Individuals interested in seeking Act 5 limited access should consult legal counsel to determine eligibility.