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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 534. Acquisition, preservation, and exchange of identification records and information; appointment of officials
(a) The Attorney General shall -
(1) acquire, collect, classify, and preserve identification,
criminal identification, crime, and other records;
(2) acquire, collect, classify, and preserve any information
which would assist in the identification of any deceased
individual who has not been identified after the discovery of
such deceased individual;
(3) acquire, collect, classify, and preserve any information
which would assist in the location of any missing person
(including an unemancipated person as defined by the laws of the
place of residence of such person) and provide confirmation as to
any entry for such a person to the parent, legal guardian, or
next of kin of that person (and the Attorney General may acquire,
collect, classify, and preserve such information from such
parent, guardian, or next of kin); and
(4) exchange such records and information with, and for the
official use of, authorized officials of the Federal Government,
including the United States Sentencing Commission, the States,
cities, and penal and other institutions.
(b) The exchange of records and information authorized by
subsection (a)(4) of this section is subject to cancellation if
dissemination is made outside the receiving departments or related
agencies.
(c) The Attorney General may appoint officials to perform the
functions authorized by this section.
(d) For purposes of this section, the term "other institutions"
includes -
(1) railroad police departments which perform the
administration of criminal justice and have arrest powers
pursuant to a State statute, which allocate a substantial part of
their annual budget to the administration of criminal justice,
and which meet training requirements established by law or
ordinance for law enforcement officers; and
(2) police departments of private colleges or universities
which perform the administration of criminal justice and have
arrest powers pursuant to a State statute, which allocate a
substantial part of their annual budget to the administration of
criminal justice, and which meet training requirements
established by law or ordinance for law enforcement officers.
(e)(1) Information from national crime information databases
consisting of identification records, criminal history records,
protection orders, and wanted person records may be disseminated to
civil or criminal courts for use in domestic violence or stalking
cases. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to permit
access to such records for any other purpose.
(2) Federal and State criminal justice agencies authorized to
enter information into criminal information databases may include -
(A) arrests, convictions, and arrest warrants for stalking or
domestic violence or for violations of protection orders for the
protection of parties from stalking or domestic violence; and
(B) protection orders for the protection of persons from
stalking or domestic violence, provided such orders are subject
to periodic verification.
(3) As used in this subsection -
(A) the term "national crime information databases" means the
National Crime Information Center and its incorporated criminal
history databases, including the Interstate Identification Index;
and
(B) the term "protection order" includes an injunction or any
other order issued for the purpose of preventing violent or
threatening acts or harassment against, or contact or
communication with or physical proximity to, another person,
including temporary and final orders issued by civil or criminal
courts (other than support or child custody orders) whether
obtained by filing an independent action or as a pendente lite
order in another proceeding so long as any civil order was issued
in response to a complaint, petition, or motion filed by or on
behalf of a person seeking protection.
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