§ 15:591 — Submission of information; statistics; data

It shall be the obligation of every criminal justice agency to collect and submit the name, fingerprints, description, photographs, and other identifying data on persons lawfully arrested, indicted, or taken into custody in this state as required by the bureau with respect to all offenses described in R.S. 15:590. Upon notification, every criminal justice agency, coroner, correctional facility, prison, penal institution, institution for the criminally insane, or private criminal justice agency lawfully empowered to perform any arrest, detention, treatment, supervision, or any official function on behalf of the criminal justice system shall collect and report to the bureau in such manner as prescribed, any statistics, reports, lists of stolen property or fugitives, criminal history records, or any other information the deputy secretary may require under authority of any provision of this Chapter, rule, or regulation issued pursuant thereto. In addition, each coroner shall transmit to the bureau all statistics and information as prescribed regarding autopsies performed, inquests held, and verdicts rendered.

Legislative History

Acts 1981, No. 449, §1, eff. July 1, 1981.