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Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Chapter 85. State Bureau of Identification
Subchapter II. Missing Persons
§ 8538. Unidentified deceased persons — Fingerprints.
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§ 8538. Unidentified deceased persons — Fingerprints.
The Medical Examiner shall promptly furnish the Department of Safety and Homeland Security with copies of the fingerprints of each unidentified deceased person. The copies of such fingerprints shall be on standardized cards, and shall be accompanied by descriptions and other identifying data, including any available information concerning the date and place of death. In any instance where it is not physically possible to furnish prints of all 10 fingers, the prints or partial prints of any fingers, together with identifying data, shall be forwarded by the Medical Examiner to the Department.
65 Del. Laws, c. 48, § 2; 74 Del. Laws, c. 110, § 138;
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