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Title 35. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AGENCIES · Chapter 3. GEORGIA BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION · Article 6A. DNA SAMPLING, COLLECTION, AND ANALYSIS

35-3-164. Unlawful dissemination or use of information; obtaining sample without authority.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

  1. (a)

    Any person who, without authority, disseminates information contained in the data bank shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person who disseminates, receives, or otherwise uses or attempts to so use information in the data bank, knowing that such dissemination, receipt, or use is for a purpose other than as authorized by law, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature.#

  2. (b)

    Except for purposes of law enforcement or as authorized by this article, any person who, for purposes of having DNA analysis performed, obtains or attempts to obtain any sample submitted to the division for analysis shall be guilty of a felony.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 35-3-164, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 264, § 3-1/SB 80.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

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