Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.271
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Request for impression of fingerprints; copies; exception.
Official statutory text
Sec. 1.
Except as provided in section 4 of the child identification and protection act, 1985 PA 176, MCL 722.774, if a resident of this state appears before any sheriff or police agency for the county in which he or she resides and requests an impression of his or her fingerprints, the agency shall comply with the request and make at least 2 copies of the impression, 1 for the files of the local police and the other to be forwarded to the central records division of the department of state police.
History: 1935, Act 120, Eff. Sept. 21, 1935; CL 1948, 28.271; Am. 1985, Act 175, Imd. Eff. Dec. 2, 1985; Am. 2017, Act 25, Eff. Aug. 2, 2017
Except as provided in section 4 of the child identification and protection act, 1985 PA 176, MCL 722.774, if a resident of this state appears before any sheriff or police agency for the county in which he or she resides and requests an impression of his or her fingerprints, the agency shall comply with the request and make at least 2 copies of the impression, 1 for the files of the local police and the other to be forwarded to the central records division of the department of state police.
History: 1935, Act 120, Eff. Sept. 21, 1935; CL 1948, 28.271; Am. 1985, Act 175, Imd. Eff. Dec. 2, 1985; Am. 2017, Act 25, Eff. Aug. 2, 2017
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