may file a petition under this section:
(1) A person who was convicted of an offense graded as a
misdemeanor of the second degree and has been free of arrest
or prosecution following final release from confinement and
supervision for a period of 10 years.
(2) A person who was convicted of an offense graded as a
misdemeanor of the third degree and has been free of arrest
or prosecution following final release from confinement and
supervision for a period of seven years.
(3) A person who was convicted of an ungraded offense
that carries a maximum penalty of not more than two years and
has been free of arrest or prosecution following final
release from confinement and supervision for a period of
seven years.
(b) Authority of court to issue.--
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter,
upon petition of a person described under subsection (a), the
court of common pleas in the jurisdiction where the
conviction occurred may enter an order that criminal history
record information maintained by a criminal justice agency
pertaining to the conviction be disseminated only to a
criminal justice agency or a government agency as provided in
section 9121(b.1) and (b.2) (relating to general
regulations).
(2) Except when requested or required by a criminal
justice agency, or by and for the official use of a
government agency described in section 9121(b.1) or 9124(a)
(relating to use of records by licensing agencies), no
individual shall be required nor requested to disclose
information about the person's criminal history records that
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