North Carolina § 15A-502 - 1. DNA sample upon arrest.
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§ 15A-502. 1. DNA sample upon arrest.
A DNA sample shall be obtained from any person arrested for an offense designated under G.S. 15A-266.3 A, in accordance with the provisions contained in Article 13 of Chapter 15A of the General Statutes. History (2010-94, s. 12.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2010-94, s. 12, enacted this section as G.S. 15A-502 A. It has been renumbered as this section at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes. Session Laws 2010-94, s. 15, makes this section effective February 1, 2011. Legal Periodicals. - For article, "North Carolina's Arrested Development: Fourth Amendment Problems in the DNA Database Act of 2010," see 89 N.C.L. Rev. 1309 (2011). For comment, "Sacrificing Liberty for Security: North Carolina's Unconstitutional Search and Seizure of Arrestee DNA," see 34 Campbell L. Rev. 473 (2012).
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