(a) A DNA profile that has been included in the data bank pursuant to sections 54-102g to 54-102k, inclusive, shall be expunged in the event that (1) the criminal conviction or the finding of not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect on which the authority for including the person’s DNA profile was based has been reversed and the case dismissed, or (2) if the DNA profile of a person has been included in the data bank on account of the person being arrested as provided in subsection (a) of section 54-102g, the charge has been dismissed or nolled or the person has been acquitted of the charge.(b) The Division of Scientific Services within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall purge all records and identifiable information in the data bank pertaining to the person and destroy all samples from the person upon receipt of a certified copy of (1) the court order reversing and dismissing the conviction or the finding of not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect, or (2) the court order dismissing or nolling the charge or acquitting the person of the charge.
Conn. Gen. Stat. ยง 54-102l
( P.A. 94-246, S. 6; P.A. 10-36, S. 28; P.A. 11-91, S. 2; 11-207, S. 3.)
Amended by P.A. 11-0207, S. 3 of the the 2011 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2011.Amended by P.A. 11-0091, S. 2 of the the 2011 Regular Session, eff. 7/8/2011.Amended by P.A. 10-0036, S. 28 of the February 2010 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2010.
