§ 10-13-3-24 — State central repository; report of arrests; fingerprints

(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.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.20-2006, SEC.3; P.L.216-2007, SEC.4.