Connecticut General Statutes 29-15 – Return or destruction of fingerprints, photograph and physical description
(a)(1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, whenever any person, having no record of prior criminal conviction, whose fingerprints, photograph and physical description are filed with the State Police Bureau of Identification in accordance with section 29-12 has been found not guilty of the offense charged, or has had such charge dismissed or nolled, such person’s fingerprints, photograph and physical description and other identification data, and all copies and duplicates thereof, shall be returned to such person not later than sixty days after the finding of not guilty or after such dismissal or in the case of a nolle within sixty days after thirteen months of such nolle.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 29-15
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
(2) Whenever any person, having no record of prior criminal conviction, whose fingerprints, photograph and physical description and other identification data have been filed and stored in an electronic format, has been found not guilty of the offense charged, or has had such charge dismissed or nolled, such electronically stored images and data shall be permanently deleted and any paper copy of such fingerprints, photograph and physical description and other identification data, and all copies and duplicates thereof, shall be destroyed not later than sixty days after the finding of not guilty or after such dismissal or in the case of a nolle within sixty days after thirteen months of such nolle.
(b) Any person having no record of prior criminal conviction whose fingerprints and pictures are so filed, who has been found not guilty of the offense charged or has had such charge dismissed or nolled prior to October 1, 1974, may, upon application to the person charged with the retention and control of such identification data at the State Police Bureau of Identification, have his fingerprints, pictures and description and other identification data and all copies and duplicates thereof, returned to him not later than sixty days after the filing of such application provided in the case of a nolle, such nolle shall have occurred thirteen months prior to filing of such application.