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Home » US Law » 2022 West Virginia Code » Chapter 15. Public Safety » Article 2B. DNA Data » §15-2B-10. DNA Database Exchange

(a) The West Virginia State Police shall receive DNA samples, store, analyze, classify and file the DNA records consisting of all identification characteristics of DNA profiles from DNA samples submitted pursuant to the procedures for conducting DNA analysis of DNA samples.

(b) The West Virginia State Police may furnish DNA records to authorized law-enforcement and governmental agencies of the United States and its territories, of foreign countries duly authorized to receive them, of other states within the United States and of the State of West Virginia upon proper request stating that the DNA records requested will be used solely:

(1) For law enforcement identification purposes by criminal justice agencies;