If a bar code, or other means by which information may be retrieved electronically, is placed on a license pursuant to § 32-12-17.10, the secretary of the Department of Public Safety may encrypt information in the bar code identifying that the licensee is a convicted felon who has a firearm restriction or the licensee is a sex offender who is required to register pursuant to §§ 22-24B-1 to 22-24B-14, inclusive.

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Source: SL 1998, ch 187, § 2; SL 2004, ch 17, § 130.