Connecticut Administrative Code
Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police
7h - Firearms Evidence Databank
Section 29-7h-3 - Handgun submission procedures
Universal Citation: CT Reg of State Agencies 29-7h-3
Current through March 14, 2024
(a)General packaging and container requirements
(1) An evidence examination request form
(DPS-997C) shall be completed.
(2)
Evidence shall be submitted in an initialed, tamper-evident, sealed package or
container, which shall meet the following requirements:
(A) Manufactured evidence storage bags shall
have a self-sealing capability; initials shall be placed on the seal;
and
(B) All other plastic bags used
for packaging shall be heat-sealed, with initials on the seal. Plastic bags not
specially manufactured for evidence storage shall not be accepted if sealed
with evidence tape, as the seal may be compromised.
(3) All containers shall be labeled with the
police department case number, item description, item number, date and time
seized, and name, initials and badge number of the police officer who seized
the item.
(b)Handgun packaging requirements
(1) All handguns shall be
unloaded prior to submission, with record made of the exact state in which the
handgun was found.
(2) Magazines
shall be left out of the handgun. The handgun shall be checked to ensure no
live rounds are in the chamber.
(3)
Shell casings and projectiles shall be submitted in separate sealed
envelopes.
(4) Any handgun legally
in police custody pursuant to a criminal investigation shall be submitted to
the laboratory for entry into NIBIN (formerly known as Drugfire). The
laboratory shall not accept any handgun held by a police department for
safekeeping or pursuant to a protective or restraining order.
(5) The handgun shall be accompanied by
information regarding whether it was submitted as a result of criminal
investigation, recovery of found property or as a consequence of a destruction
order. In the latter case, a copy of the destruction order shall accompany the
handgun.
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