2023 New Jersey Statutes 53:1-15. Fingerprinting of suspects
Such sheriffs, chiefs of police, members of the State Police and any other law enforcement agencies and officers shall also take the fingerprints, descriptions and such other information as may be required of unknown dead persons and as required by section 2 of P.L.1982, c.79 (C. 2A:4A-61) of juveniles adjudicated delinquent and shall forward same to the State Bureau of Identification.
Any person charged in a complaint filed by a law enforcement officer with an indictable offense, who has not been arrested, or any person charged in an indictment, who has not been arrested, or any person convicted of assault or harassment constituting domestic violence as defined in section 3 of P.L.1991, c.261 (C. 2C:25-19), or any person against whom a final order has been entered in any domestic violence matter pursuant to the provisions of section 13 of P.L.1991, c.261 (C. 2C:25-29), or any person applying for participation in a program of conditional dismissal pursuant to P.L.2013, c.158 (C. 2C:43-13.1 et al.), shall submit himself to the identification procedures provided herein either on the date of any court appearance or upon written request of the appropriate law enforcement agency within a reasonable time after the filing of the complaint. Any person who refuses to submit to such identification procedures shall be a disorderly person.
amended 1952, c.93; 1981, c.411, s.1; 1982, c.219; 1994, c.56, s.4; 1997, c.93, s.2; 1999, c.288; 2013, c.158, s.14.