HB 1048

            
2020 SESSION

20103896D

HOUSE BILL NO. 1048


Offered January 8, 2020


Prefiled January 7, 2020

A BILL to amend and reenact � 19.2-392 of the Code of 
 Virginia, relating to fingerprints and photographs by police authorities.
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Patron-- Krizek

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Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
 
 
1. That � 19.2-392 of the Code of Virginia is amended and 
 reenacted as follows:
 
 
� 19.2-392. Fingerprints and photographs by police 
 authorities.
 
 
A. All duly constituted police authorities having the power of 
 arrest may take the fingerprints and photographs of: (i) any person arrested by 
 them and charged with a felony or a misdemeanor an arrest for which is to be 
 reported by them to the Central Criminal Records Exchange, (ii) any person who 
 pleads guilty or is found guilty after being summoned in accordance with � 
 19.2-74, or 
 (iii) any person charged with an offense that has been deferred by the court 
 pursuant to �� 18.2-57.3, 18.2-251, or 19.2-303.2, 
 or (iv) upon the order of a court, any person found in contempt 
 or in violation of the terms or conditions of a suspended 
 sentence or probation for a felony offense pursuant to � 18.2-456, 19.2-306, or 
 53.1-165. Such authorities shall make such records 
 available to the Central Criminal Records Exchange. Such authorities are 
 authorized to provide, on the request of duly appointed law-enforcement 
 officers, copies of any fingerprint records they may have, and to furnish 
 services and technical advice in connection with the taking, classifying and 
 preserving of fingerprints and fingerprint records.
 
 
B. Such police authorities may establish and collect a 
 reasonable fee not to exceed $10 for the first card and $5 for each successive 
 card for the taking of fingerprints when voluntarily requested by any person 
 for purposes other than criminal violations.