Louisiana Revised Statutes 15:592 – Submission of fingerprints and identification data
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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 15:592
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- bureau: means the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 15:576
Each law enforcement agency empowered to arrest or take into custody any individual described in La. Rev. Stat. 15:590 shall obtain and forward to the bureau two sets of legible fingerprints and other identification data as required by the bureau within seventy-two hours after arrest and booking. However, this period may be extended to cover any intervening official holiday or weekend.
Acts 1981, No. 449, §1, eff. July 1, 1981; Acts 1991, No. 106, §1.