Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 20 Sec. 1933

  • Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Public Safety. See
  • Designated crime: means any of the following offenses:

  • DNA: means deoxyribonucleic acid. See
  • DNA sample: means a forensic unknown tissue sample or a tissue sample provided by any person convicted of a designated crime. See
  • following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
  • Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See

§ 1933. DNA sample required

(a) The following persons shall submit a DNA sample:

(1) a person convicted in a court in this State of a designated crime on or after April 29, 1998;

(2) a person who was convicted in a court in this State of a designated crime prior to April 29, 1998 and, after such date, is:

(A) in the custody of the Commissioner of Corrections pursuant to 28 V.S.A. § 701;

(B) on parole for a designated crime;

(C) serving a supervised community sentence for a designated crime; or

(D) on probation for a designated crime.

(b) A person required to submit a DNA sample who is serving a sentence in a correctional facility shall have his or her DNA samples collected or taken at the receiving correctional facility, or at a place and time designated by the Commissioner of Corrections or by a court, if the person has not previously submitted a DNA sample.

(c) A person serving a sentence for a designated crime not confined to a correctional facility shall have his or her DNA samples collected or taken at a place and time designated by the Commissioner of Corrections, the Commissioner of Public Safety, or a court if the person has not previously submitted a DNA sample in connection with the designated crime for which he or she is serving the sentence. (Added 1997, No. 160 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 29, 1998; amended 2005, No. 83, § 8, eff. June 28, 2005; 2009, No. 1, § 21, eff. March 4, 2009; 2009, No. 1, § 24, eff. July 1, 2011; 2015, No. 122 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 23, 2016.)