Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.261
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Fingerprinting inmates of penal or correctional institution; compliance; copies of impressions.
Official statutory text
Sec. 1.
A person entering into and each and every person now confined in a penal or correctional institution shall be required to have an impression of his fingerprints made. It shall be the duty of the superintendent of the admitting or confining institution to see that the provisions of this section are complied with and that at least 2 copies of the impression are made, 1 for the files of the institution and the other to be forwarded to the department of state police.
History: 1935, Act 86, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1935; CL 1948, 28.261; Am. 1973, Act 88, Imd. Eff. Aug. 5, 1973
A person entering into and each and every person now confined in a penal or correctional institution shall be required to have an impression of his fingerprints made. It shall be the duty of the superintendent of the admitting or confining institution to see that the provisions of this section are complied with and that at least 2 copies of the impression are made, 1 for the files of the institution and the other to be forwarded to the department of state police.
History: 1935, Act 86, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1935; CL 1948, 28.261; Am. 1973, Act 88, Imd. Eff. Aug. 5, 1973
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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