In re: Publication of Social Security Numbers

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS of WESTMORELAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA 
CIVIL DIVISION 
CRIMINAL DIVISION
ORPHANS’ COURT
Number 3 of 2014
IN RE: PUBLICATION OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS
ORDER
AND NOW this 28TH day of August, 2014, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the order dated August 21, 2014, IN RE: Publication of Social Security Numbers and Confidential Information, is RESCINDED.

From this date forward, the Westmoreland County Prothonotary, Register of Wills and Clerk of Courts will make a copy of any filing that contains a Social Security Number and redact the Social Security Number on the copy prior to scanning the copy for public view. The un-redacted original shall be filed in the official case file.

In the event a party requests the removal of a Social Security Number from an already scanned document, the appropriate Records’ Office shall, without further Order of Court, remove the scanned document and replace it with a scanned redacted copy. The un-redacted original shall be filed in the official case file.

BY THE COURT:
/s/ Richard E. McCormick, Jr., PJ