28 U.S.C. § 534 : US Code - Section 534: Acquisition, preservation, and exchange of identification records and information; appointment of officials

Search 28 U.S.C. § 534 : US Code - Section 534: Acquisition, preservation, and exchange of identification records and information; appointment of officials

(a) The Attorney General shall -
(1) acquire, collect, classify, and preserve identification,
criminal identification, crime, and other records;
(2) acquire, collect, classify, and preserve any information
which would assist in the identification of any deceased
individual who has not been identified after the discovery of
such deceased individual;
(3) acquire, collect, classify, and preserve any information
which would assist in the location of any missing person
(including an unemancipated person as defined by the laws of the
place of residence of such person) and provide confirmation as to
any entry for such a person to the parent, legal guardian, or
next of kin of that person (and the Attorney General may acquire,
collect, classify, and preserve such information from such
parent, guardian, or next of kin); and
(4) exchange such records and information with, and for the
official use of, authorized officials of the Federal Government,
including the United States Sentencing Commission, the States,
cities, and penal and other institutions.
(b) The exchange of records and information authorized by
subsection (a)(4) of this section is subject to cancellation if
dissemination is made outside the receiving departments or related
agencies.
(c) The Attorney General may appoint officials to perform the
functions authorized by this section.
(d) Indian Law Enforcement Agencies. - The Attorney General shall
permit Indian law enforcement agencies, in cases of domestic
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, to enter
information into Federal criminal information databases and to
obtain information from the databases.
(e) (!1) For purposes of this section, the term "other
institutions" includes -
(1) railroad police departments which perform the
administration of criminal justice and have arrest powers
pursuant to a State statute, which allocate a substantial part of
their annual budget to the administration of criminal justice,
and which meet training requirements established by law or
ordinance for law enforcement officers; and
(2) police departments of private colleges or universities
which perform the administration of criminal justice and have
arrest powers pursuant to a State statute, which allocate a
substantial part of their annual budget to the administration of
criminal justice, and which meet training requirements
established by law or ordinance for law enforcement officers.
(e) (!1) (1) Information from national crime information
databases consisting of identification records, criminal history
records, protection orders, and wanted person records may be
disseminated to civil or criminal courts for use in domestic
violence or stalking cases. Nothing in this subsection shall be
construed to permit access to such records for any other purpose.
(2) Federal and State criminal justice agencies authorized to
enter information into criminal information databases may include -

(A) arrests, convictions, and arrest warrants for stalking or
domestic violence or for violations of protection orders for the
protection of parties from stalking or domestic violence; and
(B) protection orders for the protection of persons from
stalking or domestic violence, provided such orders are subject
to periodic verification.
(3) As used in this subsection -
(A) the term "national crime information databases" means the
National Crime Information Center and its incorporated criminal
history databases, including the Interstate Identification Index;
and
(B) the term "protection order" includes -
(i) any injunction, restraining order, or any other order
issued by a civil or criminal court for the purpose of
preventing violent or threatening acts or harassment against,
sexual violence or contact or communication with or physical
proximity to, another person, including any temporary or final
orders issued by civil or criminal courts whether obtained by
filing an independent action or as a pendente lite order in
another proceeding so long as any civil order was issued in
response to a complaint, petition, or motion filed by or on
behalf of a person seeking protection; and
(ii) any support, child custody or visitation provisions,
orders, remedies, or relief issued as part of a protection
order, restraining order, or stay away injunction pursuant to
State, tribal, territorial, or local law authorizing the
issuance of protection orders, restraining orders, or
injunctions for the protection of victims of domestic violence,
dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.