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Indiana Code Title 10. Public Safety § 10-13-6-8

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 8. (a) The superintendent may establish a data base of DNA identification records of:

(1) convicted criminals;

(2) persons arrested for a felony;

(3) crime scene specimens;

(4) unidentified missing persons;  and

(5) close biological relatives of missing persons.

(b) The superintendent shall maintain the Indiana DNA data base.

(c) The superintendent may contract for services to perform DNA analysis of:

(1) convicted offenders;  and

(2) persons arrested for a felony;

under section 10 of this chapter to assist federal, state, and local criminal justice and law enforcement agencies in the putative identification, detection, or exclusion of individuals who are subjects of an investigation or prosecution of a sex offense, a violent crime, or another crime in which biological evidence is recovered from the crime scene.

(d) The superintendent:

(1) may perform or contract for performance of testing, typing, or analysis of a DNA sample collected from a person described in section 10 of this chapter at any time;  and

(2) shall perform or contract for the performance of testing, typing, or analysis of a DNA sample collected from a person described in section 10 of this chapter if federal funds become available for the performance of DNA testing, typing, or analysis.

(e) The superintendent shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 necessary to administer and enforce the provisions and intent of this chapter.

(f) The detention, arrest, or conviction of a person based on a data base match or data base information is not invalidated if a court determines that the DNA sample was obtained or placed in the Indiana DNA data base by mistake.

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