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2012 Florida Statutes
SECTION 028
Fingerprints; missing children.
Fingerprints; missing children.
937.028 Fingerprints; missing children.—
(1) If fingerprints have been taken for the purpose of identifying a child, in the event that child becomes missing, the state agency, public or private organization, or other person who took such fingerprints shall not release the fingerprints to any law enforcement agency or other person for any purpose other than the identification of a missing child. Such records and data are exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1).
(2) Fingerprints of children taken and retained by any state agency, public or private organization, or other person, excluding the parent or legal custodian of the child, shall be destroyed when the child becomes 18 years of age.
History.—s. 2, ch. 84-43; s. 1, ch. 94-95; s. 439, ch. 96-406.