TITLE 19

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 55

THE IDAHO DNA DATABASE ACT OF 1996

19-5512.  Penalties. Any person subject to the terms of this chapter who fails to give a DNA sample or thumbprint impression, after a request by the bureau of forensic services, the department of correction, any law enforcement personnel, or any officer of the court, is guilty of a felony. The samples and impressions required by this chapter may be taken by the use of reasonable force once a person is imprisoned for failure to give the required sample.

History:

[19-5512, added 1997, ch. 120, sec. 1, p. 347.]