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2015 North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 15A - Criminal Procedure Act.
Article 13 - DNA Database and Databank.
- § 15A-266 - Short title.
- § 15A-266.1 - 1. Policy.
- § 15A-266.2 - 2. Definitions.
- § 15A-266.3 - 3. Establishment of State DNA database and databank.
- § 15A-266.3A - 3A. DNA sample required for DNA analysis upon arrest for certain offenses.
- § 15A-266.4 - 4. DNA sample required for DNA analysis upon conviction or finding of not guilty by reason of insanity.
- § 15A-266.5 - 5. Tests to be performed on DNA sample.
- § 15A-266.6 - 6. Procedures for obtaining DNA sample for analysis; refusal to provide sample.
- § 15A-266.7 - 7. Procedures for conducting DNA analysis of DNA sample.
- § 15A-266.8 - 8. DNA database exchange.
- § 15A-266.9 - 9. Cancellation of authority to exchange DNA records.
- §§ 15A-266.10 - 10: Repealed by Session Laws 2001-282, s. 3.
- § 15A-266.11 - 11. Unauthorized uses of DNA Databank; penalties.
- § 15A-266.12 - 12. Confidentiality of records.
- § 15A-267 - Access to DNA samples from crime scene.
- § 15A-268 - Preservation of biological evidence.
- § 15A-269 - Request for postconviction DNA testing.
- § 15A-270 - Post-test procedures.
- § 15A-270.1 - 1. Right to appeal denial of defendant's motion for DNA testing.
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