Arkansas Code Title 12, Subtitle 2, Chapter 12, Subchapter 11 - State Convicted Offender Dna Data Base Act

• § 12-12-1101 - Title.
  This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the "State Convicted Offender DNA Data Base Act".
• § 12-12-1102 - Purpose.
  The General Assembly finds and declares that: (1) DNA data banks are an important tool in: (A) Criminal investigations; (B) The exclusion of individuals...
• § 12-12-1103 - Definitions.
  As used in this subchapter: (1) "Adjudication of guilt" and words of similar import mean a plea of guilty, a plea of nolo contendere,...
• § 12-12-1104 - Powers and Duties of State Crime Laboratory.
  In addition to any other powers and duties conferred by this subchapter, the State Crime Laboratory shall: (1) Be responsible for the policy management...
• § 12-12-1105 - State Dna Data Base.
  (a) (1) There is established the State DNA Data Base. (2) The State Crime Laboratory shall administer the data base and provide DNA records...
• § 12-12-1106 - State Dna Data Bank.
  (a) There is established the State DNA Data Bank.(b) It shall serve as the repository of DNA samples collected under this subchapter.
• § 12-12-1107 - State Crime Laboratory Recommendation of Additional Offenses.
  (a) The State Crime Laboratory may recommend to the General Assembly that it enact legislation for the inclusion of additional offenses for which DNA...
• § 12-12-1108 - Procedural Compatibility With the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
  The DNA identification system as established by the State Crime Laboratory shall be compatible with the procedures specified by the Federal Bureau of Investigation,...
• § 12-12-1109 - Dna Sample Required Upon Adjudication of Guilt.
  (a) A person who is adjudicated guilty for a qualifying offense on or after August 1, 1997, shall have a DNA sample drawn as...
• § 12-12-1110 - Procedures of Withdrawal, Collection, and Transmission of Dna Samples.
  (a) (1) (A) Each DNA sample required to be taken pursuant to § 12-12-1109 from persons who are incarcerated shall be taken by the...
• § 12-12-1111 - Procedures for Conduct, Disposition, and Use of Dna Analysis.
  (a) (1) The State Crime Laboratory shall adopt rules governing the procedures to be used in the submission, identification, analysis, storage, and disposition of...
• § 12-12-1112 - Receipt and Analysis of Dna Samples -- Availability of Information.
  (a) Receipt of DNA samples by State Crime Laboratory. (1) The State Crime Laboratory shall receive DNA samples, store, perform analysis or contract for...
• § 12-12-1113 - Removal and Destruction of the Dna Record and Dna Sample.
  (a) (1) Any person whose DNA record has been included in the State DNA Database and whose DNA sample is stored in the State...
• § 12-12-1114 - Confidentiality.
  (a) All DNA profiles and samples submitted to the State Crime Laboratory pursuant to this subchapter shall be treated as confidential except as otherwise...
• § 12-12-1115 - Prohibition Against Disclosure.
  (a) (1) Any person who by virtue of employment or official position or any person contracting to carry out any functions under this subchapter,...
• § 12-12-1116 - Prohibition Against Disclosure for Pecuniary Gain.
  Upon conviction, a person is guilty of a Class D felony if the person: (1) Possesses or accesses individually identifiable DNA information contained in...
• § 12-12-1117 - Injunctions.
  The State Crime Laboratory or any other aggrieved individual or agency may institute an action in a court of competent jurisdiction against any person,...
• § 12-12-1118 - Mandatory Cost.
  (a) Unless finding that undue hardship would result, the sentencing court shall assess at the time of sentencing a mandatory fine of not less...
• § 12-12-1119 - Dna Detection Fund.
  (a) There is hereby established on the books of the Treasurer of State, the Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the...
• § 12-12-1120 - Authority of Law Enforcement Officers.
  Nothing in this subchapter shall limit or abrogate any existing authority of law enforcement officers to take, maintain, store, and utilize DNA samples for...

Last modified: November 15, 2016