Iowa Administrative Code
Agency 661 - PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT
Chapter 156 - DNA DATABASE
Rule 661-156.10 - Expungement of DNA samples
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 19, March 20, 2024
(1) A person whose DNA record has been included in the database may request expungement of the DNA record from the database based upon the reversal on appeal or dismissal of the case of the person's conviction, adjudication, or civil commitment that caused the submission of the DNA sample. The request shall be in writing and shall include a certified copy of the final court order reversing the conviction, adjudication, or civil commitment; a certified copy of the dismissal; and any other information necessary to ascertain the validity of the request. The request shall clearly state that it is a request to expunge a record from the DNA database and shall state the specific basis for the request.
A request to expunge the DNA record shall be addressed as follows:
Administrator
Iowa DCI Criminalistics Laboratory
2240 S. Ankeny Boulevard
Ankeny, Iowa 50023-9093
(2) Action on expungement request.
Commissioner, Iowa Department of Public Safety
State Public Safety Headquarters Building
215 East 7th Street
Des Moines, Iowa 50319
(3) A DNA record shall not be expunged pursuant to this rule if expungement or destruction of the DNA record would destroy evidence related to another person.
[Editorial change: IAC Supplement 6/17/09;ARC 0219C, IAB 7/25/12, effective 9/1/12]