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Pennsylvania pesticide application records
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry (PDA) requires pesticide application businesses to keep a record of every application. The rule: 7 Pa. Code § 128.35; 3 P.S. §§ 111.21-111.61. This guide lists what the record must contain, when it is due, how long to keep it, and what SprayDocs checks before the PDF leaves your phone.
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At a glance
- Complete the record
- Within 24 hours of the application.
- Keep it for
- At least 3 years from the application.
- Who keeps it
- Pesticide application businesses.
- Official form
- None mandated — the rule lists the elements the record must contain. SprayDocs exports its own layout with the citations printed on it.
- Filed with the state?
- No filing. Records must be immediately available to PDA on request, and to medical personnel in an emergency.
- Copies
- A copy of the record goes to the customer within 30 days for restricted-use applications.
What the record must contain
The elements below are required on every Pennsylvania record. SprayDocs shows exactly these inputs for a Pennsylvania record and will not produce the PDF while a required one is blank.
Always on the record
Required in every state, including Pennsylvania.
- Date of the application
- Firm name, address and phone number
- Responsible commercial applicator and license number
- Name of each applicator who made the application
- Customer name and the address of the treated site
- Trade name of each product applied
- Type of site or property treated
Pennsylvania adds
- Area treatedHow much area was treated (square feet, acres, linear feet…).
- Amount applied / total mix volumeThe total amount of mix or product applied to the site.
- Application methodHow the pesticide was applied — ground, aerial, or chemigation.
- EPA registration numberThe EPA registration number printed on each product label.
- Mix rate / concentrationThe mix rate or concentration of each product in the tank.
Also on the SprayDocs record
Not required on every record by the Pennsylvania rule we reviewed, but common on inspection and worth having. SprayDocs shows these inputs and never blocks the PDF over them.
- Stop timeThe time the application ended, for each treatment.
Who must keep it, and for which jobs
Who: Pesticide application businesses.
Which jobs: Every application. Restricted-use work adds a customer-copy duty.
Is anything filed with the state?
No filing. Records must be immediately available to PDA on request, and to medical personnel in an emergency.
Copies of the record
A copy of the record goes to the customer within 30 days for restricted-use applications.
Restricted-use products in every state: federal law (7 U.S.C. 136i-1) requires commercial applicators to keep the record 2 years and give the customer a copy within 30 days. SprayDocs flags this on any record with a restricted-use line.
What SprayDocs checks before the PDF
Validation runs on your phone as you type. Blocking items stop the export; reminders do not.
- Every required element above is checked for a blank: 5 state-specific inputs plus the elements common to all states.
- A stop time before the start time blocks; an application date in the future is flagged.
- A product marked restricted-use requires its EPA registration number and shows the federal 2-year / 30-day reminder.
- Text that the PDF fonts cannot print (an emoji, say) is cleaned rather than allowed to blank a field.
Sources
The rule text SprayDocs was built against, and where to read it. The SprayDocs research ledger is dated August 4, 2026 and each state’s configuration was checked against it as the state was built; confidence for Pennsylvania: high.
- 7 Pa. Code § 128.35
- 3 P.S. §§ 111.21-111.61
- pacodeandbulletin.gov — https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/007/chapter128/s128.35.html&d=reduce
- regulations.justia.com — https://regulations.justia.com/states/pennsylvania/title-7/part-v/chapter-128/subchapter-b/pesticide-application-businesses/section-128-35
- law.cornell.edu — https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/pennsylvania/7-Pa-Code-SS-128-65
Retention, deadline and filing facts on this page come from the rule cited above. Rules change; when in doubt, read the rule or ask PDA.
Fill out the Pennsylvania record
SprayDocs opens with exactly the Pennsylvania inputs above, checks them as you type, and produces a PDF (usually one page) laid out around the rule, with the citations printed on it — all on your phone. The app runs in English or Spanish. Filling it out needs no account; a free account downloads the PDF and keeps a synced copy; the Pro plan adds the crew.
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