New Jersey § 30:4c-3
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 30:4c-3, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 30:4c-3.
a. The Division of Child Protection and Permanency in the Department of Children and Families shall provide for the photographing of
each child under its custody no later than two months after the division assumes custody
of the child. A child who is under the custody of the division on the effective date of P.L.2003, c. 40 ( C.30:4C-3.7 et seq. ) shall be photographed for the purposes of P.L.2003, c. 40 no later than one year after its effective date. The division shall, in addition, provide for the fingerprinting of any child under
its custody with respect to whom the division determines, in accordance with criteria
as the Commissioner of Children and Families shall establish by regulation, that the
availability of a fingerprint record would be appropriate; the fingerprints of any
child with respect to whom such a determination is made shall be taken no later than
two months after the division has made that determination. b. The division shall update the photograph of each child taken pursuant to subsection
a. of this section at least every two years. In addition, the division shall retain the fingerprint information and photograph
of each child for whom such records are taken for at least one year after the date
that the child is no longer under the custody of the division. c. The division shall be entitled to receive the assistance of any other State department,
division , or agency as it may deem necessary and may receive the assistance of any county or
municipal government agency, as may be available, in carrying out the provisions of P.L.2003, c. 40 .
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