2017 Arkansas Code
Title 9 - Family Law
Subtitle 3 - Minors
Chapter 27 - Juvenile Courts and Proceedings
Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Juvenile Code
§ 9-27-357. Deoxyribonucleic acid samples

Universal Citation: AR Code § 9-27-357 (2017)
  • (a) A person who is adjudicated delinquent for the following offenses shall have a deoxyribonucleic acid sample drawn:
    • (1) Rape, § 5-14-103;
    • (2) Sexual assault in the first degree, § 5-14-124;
    • (3) Sexual assault in the second degree, § 5-14-125;
    • (4) Incest, § 5-26-202;
    • (5) Capital murder, § 5-10-101;
    • (6) Murder in the first degree, § 5-10-102;
    • (7) Murder in the second degree, § 5-10-103;
    • (8) Kidnapping, § 5-11-102;
    • (9) Aggravated robbery, § 5-12-103;
    • (10) Terroristic act, § 5-13-310; and
    • (11) Aggravated assault upon a law enforcement officer or an employee of a correctional facility, § 5-13-211, if a Class Y felony.
  • (b) The court shall order a fine of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) unless the court finds that the fine would cause an undue hardship.
  • (c)
    • (1) Only a juvenile adjudicated delinquent for one (1) of the offenses listed in subsection (a) of this section shall have a deoxyribonucleic acid sample drawn upon intake at a juvenile detention facility or intake at a Division of Youth Services of the Department of Human Services facility.
    • (2) If the juvenile is not placed in a facility, the juvenile probation officer to whom the juvenile is assigned shall ensure that the deoxyribonucleic acid sample is drawn.
  • (d) All deoxyribonucleic acid samples taken under this section shall be taken in accordance with regulations promulgated by the State Crime Laboratory.
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