Delinquency adjudications become a matter of public record (i.e., anyone can gain access to them), if the following requirements are met:

• The child was 14 years or older at the time of the offense and the conduct would be considered a felony if committed by an adult
• The child was 12 or 13 years old and the conduct would have constituted one or more of the following offenses by an adult:
  • Murder
  • Voluntary manslaughter
  • Aggravated assault (causing serious bodily injury)
  • Arson (F-1)
  • Involuntary deviate sexual intercourse
  • Kidnapping
  • Rape
  • Robbery (inflicting or threatening serious bodily injury)
  • Robbery of a motor vehicle

Court rooms are open to the public if the following requirements are met:

• The child was 14 years old or older at the time of the alleged conduct and the alleged conduct would be considered a felony if committed by an adult
• The child was 12 years or older at the time of the alleged conduct and the alleged conduct would have constituted one or more of the following offenses if committed by an adult:
  • Murder
  • Voluntary manslaughter
  • Aggravated assault (causing serious bodily injury)
  • Arson (F-1)
  • Involuntary deviate sexual intercourse
  • Rape
  • Robbery (inflicting or threatening serious bodily injury)
  • Robbery of a motor vehicle
  • Attempt or conspiracy to commit any of the offense in this paragraph

Children who are adjudicated delinquent are required to pay fines and court costs. All children adjudicated delinquent or subject to a consent decree owe $25 to the Victim Compensation Fund and $23.50 to the Judicial Computer Fund, regardless of whether the offense would be a misdemeanor or a felony if committed by an adult. Depending on the offense, the jurisdiction and the legal circumstances, adjudicated youth may be required to pay fines and restitution. For example:

• In some jurisdictions, the child adjudicated delinquent may be required to personally pay the fines, instead of the parents.
• Children may be required to pay victims for damages and out-of-pocket expenses incurred as a result of delinquent conduct, including insurance deductibles, property damages, and the value of stolen items.
• Unpaid fines and restitution may be ordered by the court, converted into a judgment, and could ultimately damage the child's credit.
• Some jurisdictions allow the judge to waive court fees due to undue hardship.

Children who have been adjudicated delinquent of certain offenses in Pennsylvania cannot possess or use, or obtain a license to possess or use a firearm when they are otherwise legally permitted to do so.

A delinquency adjudication may affect an application for military service follows:

• A delinquency adjudication is considered a conviction for a criminal offense under Army regulations.
• The Air Force, Navy, and Marines examine delinquency adjudications on a case-by-case basis.

In Pennsylvania, and many other states, children adjudicated delinquent of felony offenses, or the misdemeanor offenses of luring a child into a motor vehicle (M1), indecent assault (M1), or any attempt to commit these offenses, are required to submit a DNA sample.

Juvenile records do not automatically disappear on a child's 18th birthday. Juvenile records can be expunged under the following circumstances:

• Not guilty verdicts (The Court is required to direct that all records connected to the petition in question be destroyed immediately by law enforcement)
• Case dismissals (expungement may be requested 30 days after dismissal)
• Successful completion of consent decrees (expungement may be requested six months after completion if there are no charges pending against the child)
• Successful completion of probation (expungement may be requested five years after completion if there are no subsequent convictions or delinquency adjudications and there are no charges pending.)

No, under Pennsylvania law, a delinquency adjudication is not a criminal delinquency.

In Pennsylvania, driving privileges will be suspended for periods ranging from 90 days to three years for a variety of delinquency adjudications, including:

• Purchasing, drinking, possessing alcoholic beverages
• Carrying false identification
• Racing
• Careless driving
• Driving to avoid arrest
• Homicide by vehicle or homicide by vehicle while diving under the influence
• Terroristic threats on school property
• Possession, sale or delivery of a controlled substance