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§ 40502. Eligibility
(a) Application
(b) Contents
Each such application shall include assurances that the applicant shall, to the greatest extent possible—
(1) report to the National Crime Information Center and, when possible, to law enforcement authorities throughout the applicant’s jurisdiction regarding every deceased unidentified person, regardless of age, found in the applicant’s jurisdiction;
(2) enter a complete profile of such unidentified person in compliance with the guidelines established by the Department of Justice for the National Crime Information Center Missing and Unidentified Persons File, including dental records, DNA records, x-rays, and fingerprints, if available;
(3) enter the National Crime Information Center number or other appropriate number assigned to the unidentified person on the death certificate of each such unidentified person;
(4) retain all such records pertaining to unidentified persons until a person is identified; and
(5) collect and report information to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) regarding missing persons and unidentified remains.
(c) Privacy protections for biological family reference samples
(1) In general
(2) Limitation on use
(Pub. L. 106–177, title II, § 203, Mar. 10, 2000, 114 Stat. 36; Pub. L. 116–277, § 2(a)(2), Dec. 31, 2020, 134 Stat. 3369.)