Connecticut § 54-193b - Limitation of prosecution for sexual assault offenses when DNA evidence available.
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§ 54-193b. Limitation of prosecution for sexual assault offenses when DNA evidence available.
Sec. 54-193b. Limitation of prosecution for sexual assault offenses when DNA evidence available. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 54-193, there shall be no limitation of time within which a person may be prosecuted for a violation of section 53a-70b of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2019, or section 53a-70, 53a-70a, 53a-71, 53a-72a or 53a-72b, provided (1) the victim notified any police officer or state's attorney acting in such police officer's or state's attorney's official capacity of the commission of the offense not later than five years after the commission of the offense, and (2) the identity of the person who allegedly committed the offense has been established through a DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) profile comparison using evidence collected at the time of the commission of the offense.
(P.A. 00-80, S. 1, 3; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4, S. 89; P.A. 19-16, S. 22; 19-189, S. 37.)
History: P.A. 00-80 effective May 16, 2000, and applicable to any offense committed prior to, on or after said date; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4 deleted former limitation of time within which a person may be prosecuted for specified offenses of “not later than twenty years from the date of the commission of the offense” and provided that “there shall be no limitation of time” within which a person may be so prosecuted, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 19-16 deleted reference to Sec. 54-193a and made technical changes; P.A. 19-189 replaced “53a-70b,” with “section 53a-70b of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2019, or”.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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