RCW 5.70.005 Definitions. The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) “Amplified DNA” means DNA generated during scientific analysis using a polymerase chain reaction. (2) “Association” means the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs. (3) “DNA work product” means (a) product generated during the process of […]
RCW 5.70.010 Preservation of DNA work product—Failure to preserve DNA work product. (1) In any felony case initially charged as a violent or sex offense, as defined in RCW 9.94A.030, a governmental entity shall preserve any DNA work product that has been secured in connection with the criminal case, including related investigatory reports and records, […]
RCW 5.70.020 Destruction of DNA reference samples—Expungement of DNA reference sample data. (1) Nothing in this chapter precludes the trial court from ordering the destruction of DNA reference samples contributed by a defendant who was charged and acquitted or whose conviction was overturned in connection with a violent or sex offense as defined in RCW […]
RCW 5.70.030 Unreported sexual assault kits—Transportation to local law enforcement agency—Storage and preservation. (1)(a) Any unreported sexual assault kit collected on or after June 30, 2020, must be transported from the collecting entity to the applicable local law enforcement agency. (b) By January 1, 2021, unreported sexual assault kits collected prior to June 30, 2020, […]
RCW 5.70.040 Sexual assault kits—Request for laboratory examination—Report to the legislature. (1) When a law enforcement agency receives a sexual assault kit, the law enforcement agency must, within thirty days of its receipt, submit a request for laboratory examination to the Washington state patrol crime laboratory for prioritization for testing by it or another accredited […]
RCW 5.70.050 Duty to submit requests for forensic analysis of sexual assault kits within time prescribed—Exceptions. (1) Law enforcement agencies shall submit requests for forensic analysis of all sexual assault kits collected prior to July 24, 2015, and in the possession of the agencies to the Washington state patrol crime laboratory by October 1, 2019, […]
RCW 5.70.060 Case status updates—Reports. (1) For any sexual assault kit under RCW 5.70.050 where forensic analysis has generated a profile that has resulted in a hit in the combined DNA index system, the office of the attorney general shall request information from the applicable law enforcement agency and prosecuting attorney as to the case […]
