Notification procedures
Compiled text through Mar 31, 2022
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Dates and status
- Compiling agency
- Executive Department
- Text status
- Source receipt
- Compiled text through
- Mar 31, 2022
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
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- Source snapshot
- Jun 6, 2026
(a)Any designated offender sentenced to the department’s custody or supervision shall be notified by the department of his or her obligation to provide a DNA sample to determine identification characteristics specific to such person and for inclusion in the State DNA identification index.
(b)Any designated offender sentenced to a term of probation shall be notified by the local probation department of his or her obligation to provide a DNA sample to determine identification characteristics specific to such person and for inclusion in the State DNA identification index.
(c)Any designated offender sentenced to a definite sentence or confined in a local correctional facility shall be notified by such facility of his or her obligation to provide a DNA sample to determine identification characteristics specific to such person and for inclusion in the State DNA identification index.
(d)Any designated offender committed to the custody of OCFS shall be notified by OCFS of his or her obligation to provide a DNA sample to determine identification characteristics specific to such person and for inclusion in the State DNA identification index.
(e)Upon notification to a parole officer by the department or the Division of Criminal Justice Services, any designated offender who did not provide a DNA sample while in the custody of the department or OCFS and is released or conditionally released to parole supervision or released to post-release supervision shall be notified by parole officer of his or her obligation to provide a DNA sample to determine identification characteristics specific to such person and for inclusion in the State DNA identification index.
(f)Any designated offender who is not subject to incarceration or probation supervision as a result of a conviction for a designated offense, as well as any other designed offender who currently owes a sample but is not under sentence, may be notified by any court official, police officer, peace officer, or other public servant that he or she is required to provide a DNA sample to determine identification characteristics specific to such person and for inclusion in the State DNA identification index.
(g)The notification to a designated offender provided for in this section that such designated offender is required to provide a DNA sample may be communicated to such designated offender verbally and need not be in writing.