New Jersey § 53:1-15
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 53:1-15, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 53:1-15.
The sheriffs, chiefs of police, members of the State Police and any other law enforcement
agencies and officers shall, immediately upon the arrest of any person for an indictable
offense, or for any of the grounds specified in paragraph (1), (2), (3) or (4) of
subsection a. of section 5 of P.L.1991, c. 261 ( C.2C:25-21 ) or of any person believed to be wanted for an indictable offense, or believed to
be an habitual criminal, or within a reasonable time after the filing of a complaint
by a law enforcement officer charging any person with an indictable offense, or upon
the arrest of any person for shoplifting, pursuant to N.J.S.2C:20-11 , or upon the arrest of any person for prostitution, pursuant to N.J.S.2C:34-1 , or the conviction of any other person charged with a nonindictable offense, where
the identity of the person charged is in question, take the fingerprints of such person,
according to the fingerprint system of identification established by the Superintendent
of State Police and on the forms prescribed, and forward without delay two copies
or more of the same, together with photographs and such other descriptions as may
be required and with a history of the offense committed, to the State Bureau of Identification. Such sheriffs, chiefs of police, members of the State Police and any other law enforcement
agencies and officers shall also take the fingerprints, descriptions and such other
information as may be required of unknown dead persons and as required by section
2 of P.L.1982, c. 79 ( C.2A:4A-61 ) of juveniles adjudicated delinquent and shall forward same to the State Bureau of
Identification. Any person charged in a complaint filed by a law enforcement officer with an indictable
offense, who has not been arrested, or any person charged in an indictment, who has
not been arrested, or any person convicted of assault or harassment constituting domestic
violence as defined in section 3 of P.L.1991, c. 261 ( C.2C:25-19 ), or any person against whom a final order has been entered in any domestic violence
matter pursuant to the provisions of section 13 of P.L.1991, c. 261 ( C.2C:25-29 ) , or any person applying for participation in a program of conditional dismissal pursuant
to P.L.2013, c. 158 ( C.2C:43-13.1 et al.), shall submit himself to the identification procedures provided herein either on the
date of any court appearance or upon written request of the appropriate law enforcement
agency within a reasonable time after the filing of the complaint. Any person who refuses to submit to such identification procedures shall be a disorderly
person.
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