{"data":{"id":"us-pa/42-pa.c.s.-6354","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"42 Pa.C.S. § 6354","heading":"Effect of adjudication.","body":"(a) General rule.--An order of disposition or other adjudication in a proceeding under this chapter is not a conviction of crime and does not impose any civil disability ordinarily resulting from a conviction or operate to disqualify the child in any civil service application or appointment.\n(b) Effect in subsequent judicial matters.--The disposition of a child under this chapter may only be used against him:\n(1) in dispositional proceedings after conviction for the purposes of a presentence investigation and report if the child was adjudicated delinquent;\n(2) in a subsequent juvenile hearing, whether before or after reaching majority;\n(3) if relevant, where he has put his reputation or character in issue in a civil matter; or\n(4) in a criminal proceeding, if the child was adjudicated delinquent for an offense, the evidence of which would be admissible if committed by an adult.","path":["Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE","PART VI ACTIONS, PROCEEDINGS AND OTHER MATTERS GENERALLY","CHAPTER 63 JUVENILE MATTERS","SUBCHAPTER D DISPOSITION OF CHILDREN GENERALLY"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=42\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=63\u0026sctn=54\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-08-03 (Statute Update stamp, 42 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:33:14Z","sha256":"bd39f73712639ef44fd0cbbe90dc45025ef70e9bde383667d686a0238996d315","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/42-pa.c.s.-6353","next":"us-pa/42-pa.c.s.-6355"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}