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Monday, December 10, 2018

Mandatory DNA samples in serious Municipal court criminal Anyone who pleads guilty to most criminal disorderly criminal offenses must provide a DNA sample upon a guilty plea.

Mandatory DNA samples in serious Municipal court criminal
Anyone who pleads guilty to most criminal disorderly criminal offenses must provide a DNA sample upon a guilty plea.    Effective July 1, 2017, the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety will require DNA collection for 19 disorderly persons offenses at the time of conviction.
Most Common:
2C:12-1 Assaults
2C:35-10 All drug charges and Paraphernalia
2C:34-1 Prostitution
  Mandatory DNA samples in serious Municipal court criminal
 Anyone who pleads guilty to most criminal disorderly criminal offenses must provide a DNA sample upon a guilty plea.

Effective July 1, 2017, the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety will require DNA collection for 19 disorderly persons offenses at the time of conviction. The State Police memo dated May 12, 2017 can be viewed 
http://www.njsmpa.org/pdfs/codis_dna_collection.pdf

    At the time of collection, the offender’s identity must be electronically verified via the LiveScan machine using the Criminal Inquiry option, not Criminal Arrest as Criminal Arrest prints were already taken at the time of arrest. Care must be taken to avoid taking Criminal Arrest prints from a subject for the same offense twice. 
2C:12-1A Assaults
2C:35-10 All drug charges and Paraphernalia
2C:34-1  Prostitution 

Code Title 
2C:12-1A(1)* DV - SIMPLE ASSAULT-PURP/KNOWINGLY CAUSE BOD INJ 2C:12-1A(2)* DV - SIMPLE ASSAULT-NEG CAUSE BOD INJ W/ DEADLY WEAP 
2C:12-1A(3)* DV - SIMPLE ASSAULT-THREAT OF SBI BY PHYSICAL MENACE *For simple assault statutes, DNA collection is only required when committed as an act of Domestic Violence (DV). 
DV Restraining Order 
2C:29-9B(2) 
CDS Related 
2C:33-2.1B 
Prostitution 
2C:34-1B(1) 
2C:34-1B(8) 
CDS 
2C:35-10B 
2C:35-10C 2C:35-10.4B(1) 
2C:35-10.5A(1) 
2C:35-10.5B 
2C:35-10.5E(1) 2C:35-24 
2C:35-25A 
Paraphernalia 
2C:36-2 
2C:36-6A
2C:36-6.2c (AOC Adding) 
CONTEMPT-VIOLATE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WANDERING/PROWLING TO OBTAIN/SELL CDS 
PROSTITUTION - ENGAGE AS PATRON
PROSTITUTION OFFER SEX IN EXCHANGE FOR ECONO VA 
CDS - UNDER INFLUENCE W/O PRESCRIPTION POSS CDS-FAILS TO GIVE CDS TO POLICE
TOXIC CHEMICAL-INHALE TO CAUSE INTOXICATION 
PRESC/LEGEND DRUG-DISTRIBUTE 4 OR FEWER DOSES PRESC/LEGEND DRUGS-USE W/OUT A LAWFUL SCRIPT PRESC/LEGEND DRUGS-POSS W/OUT A SCRIPT =<4 DOS POSS OF PRESCRIPT DRUGS IN ORIGINAL CONTAINER SALES RESTRICTIONS FOR EPHEDRINE PRODUCTS 
USE/POSS W/INTENT TO USE DRUG PARAPHERNALIA POSS/SELL HYPODERMIC SYRINGE FOR USE WITH CDS Sale of hypodermic syringe after lawfully purchasing it 
2C:35-10.4B(2)
TOXIC CHEMICAL-POSSESS FOR PURP OF INTOXICATION