Entire definition of the DUI law in PA./ DUI conviction in
pennsylvania...first, second and third dui charge what IS COMPLETE law
covering this issue including all fines/'punishments'/revocations etc.
along with any amendents made to law. Need same law text info for
drving with suspended liscense while under a dui revocation/liscense
suspension.
Want what lawyers /judges police refer to and read (NOT drivers) to
make their decisions and judgements in court and to mandate jail time,
fines et al. LOOKING FOR ONE COMPLETE TEXT TO READ FOR THIS OR TO FIND
THE SITE WHERE THIS CAN BE FOUND. Is there one place where all htis
info exists and if not best way to get it.

Hello anarchygirl-ga,

At the outset, I should emphasize the disclaimer at the bottom of this
page, which notes that answers and comments on Google Answers are
general information, and not substitutes for professional legal
advice.  If you need complete and expert information on the DUI law,
you should consult an attorney in Pennsylvania.

I have found the text of the DUI law here:

"Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes - The Vehicle Code (Title 75) -
Part III Operation of Vehicles - Chapter 37. Miscellaneous Provisions.
- § 3731. Driving under influence of alcohol or controlled substance."
(last revised July 2000)
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes / Unconsolidated Pennsylvania
Statutes
http://members.aol.com/StatutesPA/75PA3731.html

There is also a provision on homicide by vehicle while DUI:

"Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes - The Vehicle Code (Title 75) -
Part III Operation of Vehicles - Chapter 37. Miscellaneous Provisions.
- § 3735. Homicide by vehicle while driving under influence." (last
revised July 2000)
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes / Unconsolidated Pennsylvania
Statutes
http://members.aol.com/StatutesPA/75PA3735.html

As both of these pages note: "The complete Pennsylvania Statutes are
not yet available on the web. ... These statutes, though available
instantaneously over the web, may not be the current law.  Court
decisions overturning them, later statutes amending them, and a host
of other factors come into play when interpreting them.  They are
provided here as a resource.  They should provide some information
about the state of the law.  However, a competent lawyer, who from
other sources will research the law to insure what is current, should
always be employed in matters of importance."

If you want to check yourself on the text of these laws, you might
want to visit a nearby law library and ask a law librarian for the
text.  If you cannot find a local law library, I would be happy to
find one for you, if you can tell me your general location in
Pennsylvania.

I hope that this information is helpful.

- justaskscott-ga


Search terms used on Google:

site:state.pa.us "under the influence"
3731 "person shall not drive"

[I also checked on the Pennsylvania pages on FindLaw (
http://www.findlaw.com/11stategov/pa/laws.html ) and WashLaw (
http://www.washlaw.edu/uslaw/uslnd_tx.html#Pennsylvania ) to confirm
that there were no other major statutory compilations online with this
text.]

---

Request for Answer Clarification by anarchygirl-ga on 23 Apr 2003 06:42 PDT

Hello Scott. Thanks for what you did find. Let me explain why I am
looking for this info. even though I have an excellent attorney
already who is well versed in current laws. I was railroaded through
the court system with dui convictions even though I had no alcohol or
illegal drugs in my system at all. I was on medication for an illness
at the time and because I live in a "backwoods " rural area and the
cops here are like Barney Fife on Mayberry R.F.D./ they assumed I was
intoxicated because they were not familiar with the medication I was
prescribed. This was a number of years ago when I did not have my
current excellent attorney and was naive about the law. This has
happned to me three times with these idiot cops ( it verges on
harrasment as they would seek me out to find a reason to pull me over
etc. but nothing I could prove as harrassment or I would have went
with that.....) and as the liscense revocation for this is 7 (seven)
years/repeat offender status it is ruining my career and my life,
seeing that it is all bullshit and all happened in a one year period.
Now I am no longer on this medication and healthy and my career is
taking off big time, I was recently cited for driving (w/o liscense)
while going to my business to work and as that is a 90 day JAIL
sentence I have just had it! and I have been looking into ways of
getting some of this overturned because it is so WRONG and unfair. I
have been told by the head D.A. in my county that this is possible
with the right information. So I am trying to find seldom known
sub-stratas of the law/precedent/anomalys etc. to cite and use or
research. You stated though, that none of this info. is online? Woudl
a law library have this specific info? If you need more info. to help
decide where my best sources lay let me know and thank you again. (I
want to find out as much as I can besides the work/info. my attorney
can provide ...you never know what you can dig up right?)
CAt

---

Clarification of Answer by justaskscott-ga on 23 Apr 2003 07:51 PDT

Are you near any county capitals, courts, significant size towns, or
colleges or universities?  If so, which ones?  I might be able to find
you a law library in one of these places.  (Or perhaps the DA in your
county can point you to the best local library with legal material.)

Librarians are trained to help people to find information on issues
they want to learn about.  In particular, law librarians can help you
with research on legal issues.

Info requested is not available in any great detail online yet but I
felt what was given was good for what was there to work with.