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Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-310.6

Unauthorized uses of DNA data bank; forensic samples; penalties

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Jones v. Murray (1992)

Most recently applied in Jones v. Murray (April 1992)

1990, c. 669; 2005, cc. 868, 881.

Any person who, without authority, disseminates information contained in the data bank shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. Any person who disseminates, receives, or otherwise uses or attempts to so use information in the data bank, knowing that such dissemination, receipt, or use is for a purpose other than as authorized by law, shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

Except as authorized by law, any person who, for purposes of having DNA analysis performed, obtains or attempts to obtain any sample submitted to the Department of Forensic Science for analysis shall be guilty of a Class 5 felony.

Official source: Virginia Law Portal (LIS). Reproduced from public-domain Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.