§ 4601. Purpose It is the purpose of this chapter to allow State and local law enforcement agencies to assist in providing fingerprint records of minors to their parents or guardians who so request and to ensure the classifiability of the fingerprints so taken. (Added 1985, No. 27.)
§ 4602. Authority to take fingerprints of minors (a) Subject to the conditions set forth in subsection (b) of this section, any State or local law enforcement agency may establish or participate in a program of voluntary fingerprinting of minors. Only minors whose parents or guardians request the same shall be fingerprinted under the provisions […]
§ 4603. Ownership of fingerprint records (a) No law enforcement officer or agency shall make or retain duplicates of fingerprint cards or records taken as a part of a program of voluntary fingerprinting. (b) Fingerprint cards and records created under this chapter shall be given to the parents or guardians of the minor to be […]
§ 4604. Exclusions (a) Nothing in this chapter prohibits any person from fingerprinting any other person by a method not authorized by this chapter. However, this chapter provides the only sanctioned method by which law enforcement agencies and officers may take fingerprints of minors pursuant to a program of voluntary fingerprinting of minors. (b) No […]
