The department may use the following systems of identification: the Bertillon, the fingerprint system, and any system of measurement that may be adopted by law in the various penal institutions of the state.
Cal. Penal Code § 11102
Criminal Identification and Statistics
Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1377.
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