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AR Code § 12-12-1105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 12 - Crime Reporting and Investigations|Subchapter 11 - State Convicted Offender DNA Data Base Act|§ 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 to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for storage and maintenance in CODIS.    (b) The data base shall have the capability provided by computer software and procedures administered by the laboratory to store and maintain DNA records related to:  (1) Crime scene evidence and forensic casework;  (2) Convicted offenders and juveniles adjudicated delinquent who are required to provide a DNA sample under this subchapter;  (3) Offenders who were required to provide a DNA sample under former § 12-12-1101 et seq.;  (4) Anonymous DNA records used for forensic validation, quality control, or establishment of a population statistics database;  (5) Unidentified persons or body parts;  (6) Missing persons and biological relatives of missing persons;  (7) Persons arrested for a felony offense who are required to provide a DNA sample under § 12-12-1006; and  (8) Juveniles adjudicated delinquent who are required to provide a DNA sample under § 9-27-357.
AR Code § 12-12-1106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 12 - Crime Reporting and Investigations|Subchapter 11 - State Convicted Offender DNA Data Base Act|§ 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.
AR Code § 12-12-1107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 12 - Crime Reporting and Investigations|Subchapter 11 - State Convicted Offender DNA Data Base Act|§ 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 samples shall be taken and otherwise subjected to the provisions of this subchapter.  (b) In determining whether to recommend additional offenses, the laboratory shall consider those offenses for which DNA testing will have a substantial impact on the detection and identification of sex offenders and violent offenders.
AR Code § 12-12-1108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 12 - Crime Reporting and Investigations|Subchapter 11 - State Convicted Offender DNA Data Base Act|§ 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, including use of comparable test procedures, laboratory equipment, supplies, and computer software.
AR Code § 12-12-1110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 12 - Crime Reporting and Investigations|Subchapter 11 - State Convicted Offender DNA Data Base Act|§ 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 agency supervising the convicted offender.  (B) DNA samples from persons who are not committed or sentenced to a term of confinement shall be drawn at another facility to be specified by the sentencing court.  (C) Only those individuals qualified to draw DNA samples in a medically approved manner shall draw a DNA sample to be submitted for analysis.    (2) In addition to the DNA sample, a right thumbprint shall be taken from the person from whom the DNA sample is drawn for the exclusive purpose of verifying the identity of the person.  (3) The agency or institution having custody or control or the agency providing supervision of persons convicted or adjudicated delinquent for qualifying offenses, as appropriate, is authorized to contract with third parties to provide for the collection of the DNA samples.    (b) The DNA sample and the right thumbprint provided in subdivision (a)(2) of this section shall be delivered to the State Crime Laboratory in accordance with guidelines established by the laboratory.  (c)  (1) Persons authorized by this section to draw blood shall not be criminally liable for drawing a DNA sample and transmitting the DNA sample pursuant to this subchapter if they perform these activities in good faith.  (2) Persons authorized to draw blood shall not be civilly liable for such activities when the persons acted in a reasonable manner and according to generally accepted medical and other professional practices.    (d)  (1) Authorized law enforcement and corrections personnel may employ reasonable force in cases where an individual refuses to submit to DNA testing authorized under this subchapter.  (2) No such employee shall be criminally or civilly liable for the use of reasonable force.    (e)  (1) Any person who refuses to provide a DNA sample required by this subchapter will receive no further sentence reduction for meritorious good time until such time as a sample is provided, and the Division of Correction shall notify the Parole Board regarding the refusal.  (2) Any person who is subject to this subchapter who knowingly refuses to provide the DNA sample after receiving notification of the requirement to provide a DNA sample shall be guilty of a Class D felony.
AR Code § 12-12-1111 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 12 - Crime Reporting and Investigations|Subchapter 11 - State Convicted Offender DNA Data Base Act|§ 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 DNA samples and typing results of DNA samples submitted under this subchapter.  (2) These procedures shall also include quality assurance guidelines to ensure that DNA identification records meet standards for laboratories which submit DNA records to the State DNA Data Base.    (b) The typing results of DNA samples shall be securely stored in the data base, and records of testing shall be retained on file with the State Crime Laboratory consistent with the procedures established by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.  (c)  (1) Except as otherwise provided in § 12-12-1112, the tests to be performed on each DNA sample shall be used only for law enforcement identification purposes or to assist in the recovery or identification of human remains from disasters or for other humanitarian identification purposes, including identification of missing persons.  (2) The results of the analysis conducted pursuant to this subchapter from a person adjudicated delinquent may be used for any law enforcement agency identification purpose, including adult prosecution.  (3) The detention, arrest, or conviction of a person based on a data-base match or data-base information is not invalidated if the DNA sample was obtained or placed in the data base by mistake.    (d)  (1) The State Crime Laboratory is authorized to contract with third parties for purposes of this subchapter.  (2) Any third party contracting to carry out the functions of this subchapter shall be subject to the same restrictions and requirements of this subchapter, insofar as applicable, as the State Crime Laboratory as well as any additional restrictions imposed by the State Crime Laboratory.
AR Code § 12-12-1112 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 12 - Crime Reporting and Investigations|Subchapter 11 - State Convicted Offender DNA Data Base Act|§ 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 DNA typing analysis with a qualified DNA laboratory that meets the guidelines as established by the State Crime Laboratory, classify and file the DNA record of identification characteristic profiles of DNA samples submitted under this subchapter, and make such information available from the State DNA Data Base as provided in this section.  (2) The State Crime Laboratory may contract out the storage of DNA typing analysis and may contract out DNA typing analysis to a qualified DNA laboratory that meets guidelines as established by the State Crime Laboratory.    (b) The results of the DNA profile of individuals in the State DNA Data Base shall be made available:  (1) To criminal justice agencies or to approved crime laboratories which serve these criminal justice agencies; or  (2) Upon written or electronic request and in furtherance of an official investigation of a criminal offense.    (c) Methods of Obtaining Information. The State Crime Laboratory shall adopt rules governing the methods of obtaining information from the State DNA Data Base and CODIS and procedures for verification of the identity and authority of the requester.  (d) Population Database.  (1) The State Crime Laboratory may create a separate population database composed of DNA samples obtained under this subchapter after all personal identification is removed.  (2) The State Crime Laboratory may share or disseminate the population database with other criminal justice agencies or crime laboratories that serve to assist the State Crime Laboratory with statistical databases.  (3) The population database may be made available to and searched by other agencies participating in the CODIS system.
AR Code § 12-12-1113 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 12 - Crime Reporting and Investigations|Subchapter 11 - State Convicted Offender DNA Data Base Act|§ 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 Data Base and whose DNA sample is stored in the State DNA Data Bank may apply to any circuit court for removal and destruction of the DNA record and DNA sample on the grounds that the adjudication of guilt that resulted in the inclusion of the person's DNA record in the data base or the inclusion of the person's DNA sample in the data bank has been reversed and the case dismissed.  (2) A copy of the application for removal and destruction shall be served on the prosecutor for the county in which the adjudication of guilt was obtained not less than twenty (20) days prior to the date of the hearing on the application.  (3) A certified copy of the order reversing and dismissing the adjudication of guilt shall be attached to an order removing and destroying the DNA record and DNA sample insofar as its inclusion rests upon that adjudication of guilt.    (b)  (1) Upon receipt of an order of removal and destruction and unless otherwise provided, the State Crime Laboratory shall purge the DNA record and other identifiable information from the data base and the DNA sample stored in the data bank covered by the order.  (2) If the entry in the data base reflects more than one (1) adjudication of guilt, that entry shall not be removed and destroyed unless and until the person has obtained an order of removal and destruction for each adjudication of guilt on the grounds contained in subsection (a) of this section.  (3) If one (1) of the bases for inclusion in the data base was other than adjudication of guilt, that entry shall not be subject to removal and destruction.
AR Code § 12-12-1114 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 12 - Crime Reporting and Investigations|Subchapter 11 - State Convicted Offender DNA Data Base Act|§ 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 provided in this subchapter.  (b) All DNA records and DNA samples submitted to the laboratory pursuant to this subchapter are exempt from the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq.
AR Code § 12-12-1115 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 12 - Crime Reporting and Investigations|Subchapter 11 - State Convicted Offender DNA Data Base Act|§ 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, including any officers, employees, and agents of this contractor who has possession of or access to individually identifiable DNA information contained in the State DNA Data Base or State DNA Data Bank shall not disclose the information in any manner to any person or agency not entitled to receive it, knowing that the person is not entitled to receive it.  (2) No person shall obtain individually identifiable DNA information from the data base or the data bank without authorization to do so.  (3) In order to maintain the computer system security of the State Crime Laboratory, data base, and data bank program, the computer software, and data-base structures used by the laboratory to implement this subchapter are confidential.    (b) Any person who knowingly violates this section is guilty of a Class D felony.
AR Code § 12-12-1116 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 12 - Crime Reporting and Investigations|Subchapter 11 - State Convicted Offender DNA Data Base Act|§ 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 the State DNA Data Base or State DNA Data Bank;  (2) Carries out functions of this subchapter as an employee, official, or contractor, including an officer, employee, or agent of a contractor; and  (3) For pecuniary gain of the person or another person, knowingly discloses individually identifiable DNA information contained in the data base or data bank in any manner to a person or agency not authorized to receive the individually identifiable DNA information contained in the data base or data bank.
AR Code § 12-12-1117 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 12 - Crime Reporting and Investigations|Subchapter 11 - State Convicted Offender DNA Data Base Act|§ 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, agency, or organization to enjoin any criminal or noncriminal justice agency, organization, or individual from violating the provisions of this subchapter or to compel the agency, organization, or person to comply with the provisions of this subchapter.
AR Code § 12-12-1118 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 12 - Crime Reporting and Investigations|Subchapter 11 - State Convicted Offender DNA Data Base Act|§ 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 than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) on any person who is required to provide a DNA sample under this subchapter.  (b) The fine provided in subsection (a) of this section and collected in circuit court or district court shall be remitted by the tenth day of each month to the Administration of Justice Fund Section of the Office of Administrative Services of the Department of Finance and Administration on a form provided by that office for deposit into the DNA Detection Fund as established by § 12-12-1119.
AR Code § 12-12-1119 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 12 - Crime Reporting and Investigations|Subchapter 11 - State Convicted Offender DNA Data Base Act|§ 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 State a fund to be known as the “DNA Detection Fund”.  (b) This fund shall consist of special revenues collected pursuant to § 12-12-1118, there to be used by the State Crime Laboratory for the administration of this subchapter.
AR Code § 12-12-1120 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 12 - Crime Reporting and Investigations|Subchapter 11 - State Convicted Offender DNA Data Base Act|§ 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 law enforcement purposes.
AR Code § 12-12-1201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 12 - Crime Reporting and Investigations|Subchapter 12 - Victim Notification System|§ 12-12-1201. Authorization

 The Arkansas Crime Information Center is authorized to develop and operate a computerized victim notification system which shall provide:   (1) A mechanism for victims of criminal offenses or the victim's next of kin to access information about proceedings in the criminal justice and corrections systems by use of a twenty-four-hour toll-free in-watts telephone service; and  (2) Automatic notification by computerized telephone service to the victims of criminal offenses or the victim's next of kin of:  (A) An inmate's, parolee's, or probationer's status, including the location of the inmate, parolee, or probationer; and  (B) A person's release or modification of a conditional release from the custody of the Arkansas State Hospital, a local or regional hospital, a local or regional mental health facility, or a local or regional jail to which the person has been committed by a court when the person committed a criminal act against the victim but was adjudicated in the criminal case to have a mental disease or defect under § 5-2-301 et seq.
AR Code § 12-12-1202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 12 - Crime Reporting and Investigations|Subchapter 12 - Victim Notification System|§ 12-12-1202. Information provided

 (a) A victim notification may be accomplished by means of the computerized victim notification system established under § 12-12-1201 if the notification is required under:  (1) Section 12-29-114, pertaining to escape;  (2) Section 16-21-106, pertaining to assistance to victims and witnesses of crimes;  (3) Section 16-93-204, pertaining to executive clemency;  (4) Section 16-93-615, pertaining to transfer hearings;  (5) Section 16-93-702, pertaining to parole;  (6) Section 16-97-102, pertaining to sentencing; or  (7) Section 5-2-315, pertaining to discharge or conditional release from a commitment by a court to the Arkansas State Hospital.    (b) The computerized victim notification system established under § 12-12-1201 shall also include:  (1) Information about an inmate's custody status in regard to furloughs, work release, and community correction programs, if applicable;  (2) Information about a person who was committed to the Arkansas State Hospital due to his or her having a mental disease or defect under § 5-2-301 et seq. in regard to the status of the person being discharged or conditionally released under § 5-2-315, including the location and name of the local or regional hospital, local or regional mental health facility, or local or regional jail in which the person is committed if the person is not being held at the Arkansas State Hospital; and  (3) The location of information publicly available under § 12-27-145.
AR Code § 12-12-1401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 12 - Crime Reporting and Investigations|Subchapter 14 - Task Force on Racial Profiling|§ 12-12-1401. Definition

 (a) As used in this subchapter, “racial profiling” means the practice of a law enforcement officer's relying to any degree on race, ethnicity, national origin, or religion in selecting which individuals to subject to routine investigatory activities or in deciding upon the scope and substance of law enforcement activity following the initial routine investigatory activity.  (b) “Racial profiling” does not include reliance on the criteria in combination with other identifying factors when the law enforcement officer is seeking to apprehend a specific suspect whose race, ethnicity, or national origin is part of the description of the suspect and the description is thought to be reliable and locally relevant.
AR Code § 12-12-1402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 12 - Crime Reporting and Investigations|Subchapter 14 - Task Force on Racial Profiling|§ 12-12-1402. Prohibition on racial profiling

 (a) No member of the Division of Arkansas State Police, the Arkansas Highway Police Division of the Arkansas Department of Transportation, a county sheriff's department, or a municipal police department, constable, or any other law enforcement officer of this state shall engage in racial profiling.  (b) The statements of policy and definitions contained in this subchapter shall not be construed or interpreted to be contrary to the Arkansas Rules of Criminal Procedure or the United States Constitution or the Arkansas Constitution.