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299C.09 SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING CRIMINALS; RECORD, INDEX.
The bureau shall install systems for identification of criminals, including the fingerprint
system, the modus operandi system, and such others as the superintendent deems proper. The
bureau shall keep a complete record and index of all information received in convenient form
for consultation and comparison. The bureau shall obtain from wherever procurable and file for
record finger and thumb prints, measurements, photographs, plates, outline pictures, descriptions,
modus operandi statements, conditional release information, or such other information as the
superintendent considers necessary, of persons who have been or shall hereafter be convicted
of a felony, gross misdemeanor, or an attempt to commit a felony or gross misdemeanor, within
the state, or who are known to be habitual criminals. To the extent that the superintendent
may determine it to be necessary, the bureau shall obtain like information concerning persons
convicted of a crime under the laws of another state or government, the central repository of this
records system is the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension in St. Paul.
History: (9950-9) 1927 c 224 s 5; 1957 c 790 s 1; 1969 c 9 s 92; 1998 c 367 art 7 s 5;
2002 c 233 s 2

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