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ARD Program · Mifflin County, PA

ARD Program Lawyer in Mifflin County, PA.

Charged with a first-offense DUI in Mifflin County? ARD ends the case with no conviction, a shorter suspension, and an expungement at the end. Attorney Sean P. Quinlan handles ARD applications in Mifflin County personally — free consultation, flat fee.

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Mifflin County · Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition

The fastest way out of a first Mifflin County DUI.

ARD is Pennsylvania's diversion program for first-time, non-violent offenders. It is not a plea and not a conviction: you complete supervision and conditions, the Commonwealth dismisses the charges, and the arrest is expunged.

Admission in Mifflin County is screened by the District Attorney's office, which is why the application and the evaluation timing matter more than anything argued in the courtroom.

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Court & District Attorney

Mifflin County is the 58th Judicial District on its own — it does not share a judicial district with Juniata County next door. The Mifflin County Courthouse is at 20 North Wayne Street, Lewistown, and Court Administration is on the third floor. The county has three magisterial district courts: 58-3-01 at 103 West Market Street, Suite 1, Lewistown; 58-3-02 at 7 Ort Valley Road, Suite A, Lewistown; and 58-3-03 at 96 South Main Street, Reedsville. The Clerk of Courts is a combined Clerk of Courts and Prothonotary office at the courthouse.

From Mifflin County

Mifflin County is reached from our Camp Hill office by way of US 322 up the Juniata valley. We appear for Mifflin County clients at the three magisterial district courts and at the courthouse on North Wayne Street in Lewistown.

3425 Simpson Ferry Rd, Suite 100, Camp Hill, PA 17011

The Mifflin County ARD process, step by step.

  1. 1. Preliminary hearing or waiver

    Most ARD candidates waive the preliminary hearing once we confirm the evidence and the DA's screening posture — but only after we've reviewed the affidavit, BAC or lab work, and the stop.

  2. 2. CRN evaluation & drug-and-alcohol assessment

    Required before admission in every Central PA county. Scheduling it early is the single most common reason one applicant gets into ARD ahead of another.

  3. 3. ARD application to the District Attorney

    Filed with the DA's office, usually before formal arraignment. Late applications get the case listed for trial instead.

  4. 4. ARD hearing

    You appear in the Court of Common Pleas, the terms are placed on the record, and supervision begins.

  5. 5. Program compliance

    Alcohol Highway Safety School, supervision, any treatment condition, costs and restitution, and a clean record during the term.

  6. 6. Dismissal and expungement

    On successful completion, Rule 320 directs the judge who dismisses the charges to also order expungement; confirm the order was entered and processed.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions.

ARD questions from Mifflin County drivers — eligibility, cost, deadlines, suspensions, and expungement.

  • ARD is generally available to first-time, non-violent offenders — most first-offense DUIs, plus many first-offense drug possession and theft cases. The District Attorney in Mifflin County controls admission and screens each application individually. You may be excluded if a child was in the vehicle, there was a serious-injury accident, or you have qualifying priors. Act 58 of 2025 created a separate § 3802(h) DUI-following-diversion offense when a new DUI occurs within 10 years of qualifying diversion.

  • Mifflin County is the 58th Judicial District on its own — it does not share a judicial district with Juniata County next door. The Mifflin County Courthouse is at 20 North Wayne Street, Lewistown, and Court Administration is on the third floor. The county has three magisterial district courts: 58-3-01 at 103 West Market Street, Suite 1, Lewistown; 58-3-02 at 7 Ort Valley Road, Suite A, Lewistown; and 58-3-03 at 96 South Main Street, Reedsville. The Clerk of Courts is a combined Clerk of Courts and Prothonotary office at the courthouse.

  • Program costs typically run in the $1,800–$2,600 range once court costs, the CRN evaluation, Alcohol Highway Safety School, and supervision fees are included, plus your defense fee.

  • Applications are generally due before formal arraignment. Missing that window usually means the case is listed for trial instead of diversion.

  • Yes, when you complete it. ARD is not a conviction. On successful completion the charges are dismissed, and Pa.R.Crim.P. 320(A) directs the judge who dismisses them to also order expungement of the arrest record. Some counties still expect a motion or a proposed order, which your attorney handles — and the record is not clear until the order is entered and processed, which is why the end of an ARD case matters as much as the admission at the beginning.

  • ARD suspensions are shorter than conviction suspensions and depend on BAC tier: no suspension for general impairment, 30 days at .10–.159, and 60 days at .16 or higher or for a controlled-substance DUI. Refusal cases carry a separate 12-month implied-consent suspension that ARD does not erase.

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