FINGERPRINTING INMATES OF STATE INSTITUTIONS

MCL ch. 28, subtit. Act 86 of 1935

in effect

MCL 28.261 Fingerprinting inmates of penal or correctional institution; compliance; copies of impressions.

28.261. Fingerprinting inmates of penal or correctional institution; compliance; copies of impressions. Sec. 1. A person entering into and each and every person now confined in a penal or correctional institution shall be required to have an impression of his fingerprints made. It shall be the duty of the superintendent of the admitting or confining institution to see that the provisions of this section are complied with and that at least 2 copies of the impression are made, 1 for the files of the institution and the other to be forwarded to the department of state police. 1935, Act 86, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1935; CL 1948, 28.261; Am. 1973, Act 88, Imd. Eff. Aug. 5, 1973

MCL 28.262 Bureau of identification filing system for fingerprints of inmates of state institutions; purpose, equipment, supplies.

28.262. Bureau of identification filing system for fingerprints of inmates of state institutions; purpose, equipment, supplies. Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the bureau of identification to install and maintain a filing system for the purpose of recording and preserving the various impressions received by it by virtue of the terms of this act, said filing system to be separated from the system now employed by the bureau for the recording and preserving of finger-print impressions of criminals. The equipment and supplies for the proper carrying out of this act shall be furnished by the department of public safety. 1935, Act 86, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1935; CL 1948, 28.262

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