Sec. 29-12. Fingerprints, photograph and physical description of arrested persons. Regulations.
Sec. 29-12. Fingerprints, photograph and physical description of arrested
persons. Regulations. (a) All persons arrested for crime as described in section 29-11
shall submit to the taking of their fingerprints, photograph and physical description and
all constables and chiefs of police of organized police departments and the commanding
officers of state police stations shall immediately furnish to the State Police Bureau of
Identification two copies of a standard identification card on which shall be imprinted
fingerprints of each person so arrested, together with the physical description of, and
such information as said bureau may require with respect to, such arrested person. In the
event fingerprint or photographic images of arrested persons are captured by electronic
means, the captured electronic images shall be immediately transmitted to said bureau.
Any electronic imaging equipment used to capture such fingerprint or photographic
images shall be approved by the Commissioner of Public Safety or said commissioner's
designee.
(b) All wardens of correctional institutions and the Community Correctional Center
Administrator shall furnish to the State Police Bureau of Identification such information
with respect to prisoners as said bureau requires.
(c) The Commissioner of Public Safety may adopt regulations, in accordance with
chapter 54, for the submission to and the taking of fingerprints as required under this
section which will promote efficiency and be consistent with advances in automation
and technology.
(1949 Rev., S. 3654; 1969, P.A. 297; P.A. 76-333, S. 2; P.A. 78-200, S. 4; 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 87-282, S. 18; P.A.
00-99, S. 75, 154; P.A. 05-52, S. 1; P.A. 06-111, S. 1.)
History: 1969 act replaced jails with community correctional centers; P.A. 76-333 added word "police" in reference
to "state police bureau of identification"; P.A. 78-200 authorized state police commissioner to adopt regulations re fingerprinting; P.A. 78-303 allowed substitution of commissioner of public safety for commissioner of state police in keeping
with changes enacted by P.A. 77-614; P.A. 87-282 deleted reference to "superintendents of correctional institutions"; P.A.
00-99 deleted reference to sheriffs, effective December 1, 2000; P.A. 05-52 divided section into Subsecs. (a) to (c), inserting
in Subsec. (a) requirement that arrested persons submit to taking of photograph and provisions re fingerprint or photographic
images of arrested persons captured by electronic means and re approval of electronic imaging equipment used therefor,
and in Subsec. (c) requirement that regulations be adopted in accordance with chapter 54; P.A. 06-111 deleted photograph
requirement for identification cards in Subsec. (a), effective June 2, 2006.
Cited. 196 C. 430.