Indiana § 10-13-3-24 - State central repository; report of arrests; fingerprints
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§ 10-13-3-24. State central repository; report of arrests; fingerprints
Sec. 24. (a) The department shall act as the official state central repository for criminal history data.
(b) A sheriff, police department, or criminal justice agency in Indiana shall report to the department, on forms provided by the department, all arrests for reportable offenses.
(c) Except as provided in subsection (e), at the time a sheriff, police department, or criminal justice agency makes the report described in subsection (b), the sheriff, police department, or criminal justice agency shall transmit a photograph of the person who is the subject of the report to the department.
(d) The department may adopt guidelines concerning the:
(1) form; and
(2) manner of transmission (including electronic transmission);
of a photograph described in subsection (c). If the department adopts guidelines under this subsection, the sheriff, police department, or criminal justice agency required to transmit a photograph under subsection (c) shall transmit the photograph in accordance with the guidelines adopted by the department.
(e) Notwithstanding subsections (c) and (d):
(1) the department is not required to process; and
(2) a sheriff, police department, or criminal justice agency is not required to submit;
a photograph under this section unless the department has sufficient funding available to process photographs submitted under this section.
(f) The department of correction may report to the department:
(1) fingerprints recorded by the department of correction in any reliable manner, including the use of a digital fingerprinting device, when a person convicted of an offense is received by the department of correction; and
(2) an abstract of judgment received by the department of correction that relates to the fingerprints described in subdivision (1).
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 5-2-5-2.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.20-2006, SEC.3; P.L.216-2007, SEC.4.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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