(a) The director is hereby authorized and empowered to create and establish a DNA database for the purposes of:
(1) Assisting federal, state, county, municipal, or local criminal justice and law enforcement officers or agencies in the putative identification, detection, or exclusion of persons who are the subjects of investigations or prosecutions of sex related crimes, other violent crimes, or other crimes in which biological evidence is received or recovered.
(2) Supporting identification research and protocol development of DNA forensic methods.
(3) Creating and maintaining DNA quality control standards.
(4) Assisting in the recovery or identification of human remains from natural or mass disasters.
(5) Assisting in other humanitarian purposes including the identification of missing, deceased, or unidentified persons.
(b) The DNA database shall contain DNA records which the director shall deem necessary for the implementation of this article, and also shall contain DNA records of:
(1) Persons convicted after May 6, 1994, for a felony offense.
(2) Persons confined as of May 6, 1994, under a sentence of imprisonment or involuntary incarceration or confinement in a prison, jail, or other incarceration facility as a result of any felony conviction.
(3) Persons convicted after May 6, 1994, of any offense contained in Chapter 6, Title 13A, or as the same may be hereafter amended.
(4) Persons convicted after May 6, 1994, of any attempt, solicitation, or conspiracy to commit any offense contained in Chapter 6, Title 13A, or as the same may be hereafter amended.
(5) Persons convicted or sentenced after May 6, 1994, for any of the offenses enumerated above and serving a sentence of probation, suspended sentence, or other sentence or judgment not requiring immediate incarceration.
(6) Subject to subdivision (3) of subsection (c) of Section 36-18-25, persons arrested on or after October 1, 2010, for any felony offense or for any sexual offense including, but not limited to, those that would require registration pursuant to the Alabama Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Act, commencing with Section 15-20A-1, of Chapter 20A, Title 15, former Community Notification Act, Article 2, of Chapter 20 of Title 15.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.
Chapter 18 - Director of Forensic Sciences.
Article 2 - DNA Database System.
Section 36-18-20 - Declaration of Purpose.
Section 36-18-21 - Definitions.
Section 36-18-22 - Powers of Director.
Section 36-18-23 - Compatibility With Procedures Specified by Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Section 36-18-24 - DNA Database.
Section 36-18-25 - Collection of DNA Samples From Convicted Persons.
Section 36-18-26 - Expungement of DNA Records.
Section 36-18-27 - Disclosure of DNA Records.
Section 36-18-29 - Penalty for False Entry or Alteration of Records.
Section 36-18-30 - Admissibility of Evidence Relating to Use of Genetic Markers.
Section 36-18-31 - Statistical Database.
Section 36-18-32 - DNA Database Fund.
Section 36-18-32.1 - Purpose; Disposition of Funds.
Section 36-18-33 - Municipal Share of Docket Fees Not Increased.
Section 36-18-34 - Powers of Director.
Section 36-18-35 - Unlawful Influence; Conflict of Interest; Penalties.
Section 36-18-36 - Director to Have Powers of Corporation; Powers of Department.
Section 36-18-37 - Immunity From Civil Liability.