The General Assembly finds and declares that:
(1) DNA data banks are an important tool in:
(A) Criminal investigations;
(B) The exclusion of individuals who are the subjects of criminal investigations or prosecutions; and
(C) Deterring and detecting recidivist acts;
(2) Several states have enacted laws requiring persons convicted of certain crimes, especially sexual offenses, to provide genetic samples for DNA profiling;
(3) Moreover, it is the policy of this state to assist federal, state, and local criminal justice and law enforcement agencies in the identification and detection of individuals in criminal investigations; and
(4) It is therefore in the best interest of the State of Arkansas to establish a DNA data base and a DNA data bank containing DNA samples submitted by individuals convicted of sex offenses and violent offenses.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs
Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs
Chapter 12 - Crime Reporting and Investigations
Subchapter 11 - State Convicted Offender DNA Data Base Act
§ 12-12-1104. Powers and duties of State Crime Laboratory
§ 12-12-1105. State DNA Data Base
§ 12-12-1106. State DNA Data Bank
§ 12-12-1107. State Crime Laboratory recommendation of additional offenses
§ 12-12-1108. Procedural compatibility with the Federal Bureau of Investigation
§ 12-12-1109. DNA sample required upon adjudication of guilt
§ 12-12-1110. Procedures of withdrawal, collection, and transmission of DNA samples
§ 12-12-1111. Procedures for conduct, disposition, and use of DNA analysis
§ 12-12-1112. Receipt and analysis of DNA samples — Availability of information
§ 12-12-1113. Removal and destruction of the DNA record and DNA sample
§ 12-12-1115. Prohibition against disclosure
§ 12-12-1116. Prohibition against disclosure for pecuniary gain