California Penal Code
§ 679.12
PEN § 679.12 Effective Jan 1, 2024Title 17 · Part 1
Statute text
View on leginfo.ca.gov(a)The following procedures apply to known reference samples of DNA from a victim of a crime or alleged crime, and to known reference samples of DNA from any individual that were voluntarily provided for the purpose of exclusion, as well as to any profiles developed from those samples:
(1)Law enforcement agencies and their agents shall use these DNA samples or profiles only for purposes directly related to the incident being investigated.
(2)No law enforcement agency or agent thereof may compare any of these samples or profiles with DNA samples or profiles that do not relate to the incident being investigated.
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Legislative history
Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 131, Sec. 151. (AB 1754) Effective January 1, 2024.