(a) All persons in this state in charge of law enforcement and correctional agencies shall obtain biometric identifiers, which may include fingerprints, photographs, palm prints, retina scans, or other identifiers specified by the FBI, according to the biometric identification system at ALEA and the rules established by the commission of all persons arrested or taken into custody as fugitives from justice, and of all unidentified human corpses in their jurisdictions. All biometric identifiers collected according to this section shall be provided to ALEA according to the rules of the commission.
(b) If any person arrested or taken into custody is subsequently released without charge or cleared of the offense through criminal justice proceedings, the disposition shall be reported by all state, county, and municipal criminal justice agencies to ALEA within 30 days of such action, and all of the information shall be eliminated and removed.
Structure Code of Alabama
Chapter 9 - Boards and Commissions.
Article 23 - Criminal Justice Information Center Commission.
Division 2 - Collection, Dissemination, etc., of Criminal Data.
Section 41-9-620 - Commission to Provide for Uniform Crime Reporting System.
Section 41-9-622 - Maintenance, etc., of Data.
Section 41-9-623 - Submission of Data to Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency.
Section 41-9-623.1 - Construction of Article.
Section 41-9-626 - Forwarding of Fingerprints, Photographs, Etc.
Section 41-9-631 - Submission by Criminal Justice Agencies of Uniform Crime Reports.
Section 41-9-632 - Submission of Uniform Crime Reports by Other Governmental Agencies.
Section 41-9-635 - Probation and Parole Officers to Supply Information on Delinquent Parolees.
Section 41-9-636 - Limitations Upon Provision of Information Generally.
Section 41-9-640 - Log of Disseminations of Criminal Histories.
Section 41-9-643 - Access to and Inspection of Criminal Records.
Section 41-9-650 - Criminal History Background Check Prior to Issuance of Permit or License.
Section 41-9-651 - Use of Criminal History Information by Judge of Probate.