Persons convicted or adjudicated delinquent for qualifying offense required to provide DNA sample.

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23-5A-5. Persons convicted or adjudicated delinquent for qualifying offense required to provide DNA sample.

Any person who is convicted or adjudicated delinquent for a qualifying offense on or after July 1, 2003, shall provide a DNA sample as follows:

(1)Any person who is sentenced or receives a delinquency disposition to a period of incarceration shall provide a DNA sample upon intake to a prison, jail, juvenile detention facility, mental health facility, or any other detention facility or institution. If the person is already confined at the time of sentencing or adjudication, the person shall provide a DNA sample immediately after the sentencing or adjudication;

(2)Any person who is convicted or adjudicated delinquent for a qualifying offense shall provide a DNA sample as a condition for any sentence or adjudication which disposition will not involve a period of incarceration. The agency supervising the person shall determine the time for collection of the DNA sample; and

(3)Under no circumstances may any person who is convicted or adjudicated delinquent for a qualifying offense be released in any manner after such disposition unless and until that person has provided a DNA sample.

Source: SL 2003, ch 133, §5.


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