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Except for the provisions of Title XXXIV of the Code of Criminal Procedure, no records of the bureau may be permanently destroyed until five years after the person identified is known or reasonably believed to be dead. Upon the official issuance of appropriate rules and regulations, the bureau may retire or remove from active dissemination to eligible agencies records of any individual beyond the age of sixty, who has had no reported criminal arrest for a period of fifteen years from the last reported official release from the criminal justice system.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 15, § 586. Authority to purge records of the central repository - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/la/revised-statutes/la-rev-stat-tit-15-sect-586/
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