§ 2302. Policy
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 44 Pa.C.S.A. Law and JusticeEffective: April 4, 2022
Effective: April 4, 2022
44 Pa.C.S.A. § 2302
§ 2302. Policy
The General Assembly finds and declares that:
(1) Forensic DNA testing is an important tool in criminal investigations and investigations of missing persons or unidentified decedents, in excluding innocent individuals who are the subject of criminal investigations or prosecutions and in detecting and deterring repeated crimes by the same individual.
(4) It is in the best interest of the Commonwealth to establish a DNA data base and a DNA data bank containing DNA samples submitted by individuals convicted of, adjudicated delinquent for or accepted into ARD for felony sex offenses and other specified offenses and containing DNA samples collected as part of an investigation into missing persons or unidentified decedents.
Credits
2004, Nov. 30, P.L. 1428, No. 185, § 3, effective in 60 days [Jan. 31, 2005]. Amended 2018, Oct. 24, P.L. 896, No. 147, § 2, effective in 360 days [Oct. 21, 2019]; 2022, Feb. 3, P.L. 16, No. 4, § 2, effective in 60 days [April 4, 2022].
44 Pa.C.S.A. § 2302, PA ST 44 Pa.C.S.A. § 2302
Current through Act 11 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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