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SECTION 306.2
Fingerprinting; duties of the division of criminal justice services
Family Court Act (FCT) CHAPTER 686, ARTICLE 3, PART 1
§ 306.2. Fingerprinting; duties of the division of criminal justice
services. 1. Upon receipt of fingerprints taken pursuant to section
306.1, the division of criminal justice services shall retain such
fingerprints distinctly identifiable from adult criminal records except
as provided in section 354.1, and shall not release such fingerprints to
a federal depository or to any person except as authorized by this act.
The division shall promulgate regulations to protect the confidentiality
of such fingerprints and related information and to prevent access
thereto, by, and the distribution thereof to, persons not authorized by
law.

2. Upon receipt of such fingerprints, the division of criminal justice
services shall classify them and search its records for information
concerning an adjudication or pending matter involving the person
arrested. The division shall promptly transmit to such forwarding
officer or agency a report containing any information on file with
respect to such person's previous adjudications and pending matters or a
report stating that the person arrested has no previous record according
to its files. Notwithstanding the foregoing, where the division has not
received disposition information within two years of an arrest, the
division shall, until such information or up-to-date status information
is received, withhold the record of that arrest and any related activity
in disseminating criminal history information.

3. Upon receipt of a report of the division of criminal justice
services pursuant to this section, the recipient office or agency must
promptly transmit two copies of such report to the family court in which
the proceeding may be originated and two copies thereof to the
presentment agency who shall furnish a copy thereof to counsel for the
respondent.