Legal Question in Criminal Law in Pennsylvania

The following circumstances are pertaining to Pennsylvania. I am facing charges and have a court date in March 2011. I was ordered to get fingerprinted at the County jail by a certain date in September. When I went to get fingerprinted the guard would not fingerprint me because I had no legal Identification. Now I have received a '2nd' notice and threatened with arrest if I don't get fingerprinted at this same location by a certain date. If I go to get fingerprinted and the guard once again refuses to fingerprint me because I don't have legal identification then is it not forcing me to have a government identification which I thought was not legal? Is this legal or is there just cause for me to demand that they fingerprint me or tell the magistrate of their refusal. No where on the fingerprint order does it say that I must provide legal identification and also I am sure if the threatened warrant is issued and I am arrested on the warrant there would not be a 'we can't arrest you or fingerprint you without legal identification.


Asked on 1/21/11, 9:56 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Justin Gearty Law Office of Justin C Gearty Jr

you will save yourself a lot of trouble by just getting I'd and getting this done. The police just want to be sure they are finger printing the right person.

If you haven't already retained a lawyer, you should do so right away. Feel free to give me a call if you would like to discuss this further. I offer free phone consults

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Answered on 1/27/11, 4:23 am


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