2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 28 - Michigan State Police › Act 289 of 1925 - Bureau of Criminal Identification and Records (28.241 - 28.249) › Section 28.241a - Definitions.

28.241a Definitions.
Sec. 1a.
As used in this act:
(a) "Arrest card" means a paper form or an electronic format prescribed by the department that facilitates the collection and compilation of criminal and juvenile arrest history record information and biometric data.
(b) "Biometric data" means all of the following:
(i) Fingerprint images recorded in a manner prescribed by the department.
(ii) Palm print images, if the arresting law enforcement agency has the electronic capability to record palm print images in a manner prescribed by the department.
(iii) Digital images recorded during the arrest or booking process, including a full-face capture, left and right profile, and scars, marks, and tattoos, if the arresting law enforcement agency has the electronic capability to record the images in a manner prescribed by the department.
(iv) All descriptive data associated with identifying marks, scars, amputations, and tattoos.
(c) "Commanding officer" means the director of the department of state police or the director's designee.
(d) "Criminal history record information" means name; date of birth; personal descriptions including identifying marks, scars, amputations, and tattoos; aliases and prior names; social security number, driver's license number, and other identifying numbers; and information on misdemeanor arrests and convictions and felony arrests and convictions.
(e) "Department" means the department of state police.
(f) "Felony" means a violation of a penal law of this state for which the offender may be punished by imprisonment for more than 1 year or an offense expressly designated by law to be a felony.
(g) "Juvenile history record information" means name; date of birth; personal descriptions including identifying marks, scars, amputations, and tattoos; aliases and prior names; social security number, driver's license number, and other identifying numbers; and information on juvenile offense arrests and adjudications or convictions.
(h) "Juvenile offense" means an offense committed by a juvenile that, if committed by an adult, would be a felony, a criminal contempt conviction under section 2950 or 2950a of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.2950 and 600.2950a, a criminal contempt conviction for a violation of a foreign protection order that satisfies the conditions for validity provided in section 2950i of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.2950i, or a misdemeanor.
(i) "Law enforcement agency" means the police department of a city, township, or village, the sheriff's department of a county, the department, or any other governmental law enforcement agency of this state.
(j) "Misdemeanor" means either of the following:
(i) A violation of a penal law of this state that is not a felony or a violation of an order, rule, or regulation of a state agency that is punishable by imprisonment or a fine that is not a civil fine.
(ii) A violation of a local ordinance that substantially corresponds to state law and that is not a civil infraction.
History:
Add. 1986, Act 231, Eff. June 1, 1987 ;-- Am. 1988, Act 40, Eff. June 1, 1988 ;-- Am. 1994, Act 196, Eff. Oct. 1, 1994 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 259, Eff. Jan. 1, 1997 ;-- Am. 2001, Act 187, Eff. Apr. 1, 2002 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 374, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 2012