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N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 160.30 — Fingerprinting; duties of division of criminal justice services
Current through 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17)
Part of Article 160: Fingerprinting and Photographing of Defendant After Arrest--criminal Identification Records and Statistics, New York Criminal Procedure Law.
Full text of N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 160.30
Statutory text current through the 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17). This publication reproduces the text of the Consolidated Laws of New York as provided by the New York State Senate's Open Legislation service (Legislative Bill Drafting Commission statutory text); it is not the official statutes of the State of New York.
160.30 Fingerprinting; duties of division of criminal justice
services.
1. Upon receiving fingerprints from a police officer or agency
pursuant to section 160.20 of this chapter, the division of criminal
justice services must, except as provided in subdivision two of this
section, classify them and search its records for information concerning
a previous record of the defendant, including any adjudication as a
juvenile delinquent pursuant to article three of the family court act,
or as a youthful offender pursuant to article seven hundred twenty of
this chapter, and promptly transmit to such forwarding police officer or
agency a report containing all information on file with respect to such
defendant's previous record, if any, or stating that the defendant has
no previous record according to its files. Such a report, if certified,
constitutes presumptive evidence of the facts so certified.
2. If the fingerprints so received are not sufficiently legible to
permit accurate and complete classification, they must be returned to
the forwarding police officer or agency with an explanation of the
defects and a request that the defendant's fingerprints be retaken if
possible.
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