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2023 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102)
Article 1 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO OFFENSES GENERALLY (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-1-1109)
Part 11 - PRESERVATION OF DNA EVIDENCE (§§ 18-1-1101 — 18-1-1109)
Section 18-1-1103 - Duty to preserve DNA evidence

Universal Citation:
CO Code § 18-1-1103 (2023)
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  • (1) A law enforcement agency that collects DNA evidence in conducting a criminal investigation of a felony that does not result in or has not resulted in charges being filed shall preserve the DNA evidence for the length of the statute of limitations for the felony crime that was investigated.
  • (2) Except as provided in sections 18-1-1105 to 18-1-1107, a law enforcement agency that collects DNA evidence in conducting a criminal investigation that results in a conviction listed in section 18-1-1102(1) shall preserve the DNA evidence for the life of the defendant who is convicted.

L. 2009: Entire part R&RE, (HB 09-1121), ch. 20, p. 98, §1, effective March 18.

This section is similar to former § 18-1-1102 as it existed prior to 2009.

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