Section 28.241a - Definitions. - Michigan Statutes

BUREAU OF CRIMINAL IDENTIFICATION AND RECORDS (EXCERPT)
Act 289 of 1925

28.241a Definitions.

Sec. 1a.

As used in this act:

(a) “Arrest card” means a paper form or an electronic format prescribed by the department that facilitates collecting and compiling criminal and juvenile arrest history record information, including fingerprint images.

(b) “Commanding officer” means the department of state police employee in charge of the criminal justice information center or its successor administrative unit.

(c) “Criminal history record information” means name; date of birth; fingerprints; photographs, if available; personal descriptions including identifying marks, scars, amputations, and tattoos; aliases and prior names; social security number, driver's license number and other identifying numbers; and information on misdemeanor arrests and convictions and felony arrests and convictions.

(d) “Department” means the department of state police.

(e) “Felony” means a violation of a penal law of this state for which the offender may be punished by imprisonment for more than 1 year or an offense expressly designated by law to be a felony.

(f) “Fingerprint impressions” means fingerprint images recorded in a manner prescribed by the department.

(g) “Juvenile history record information” means name; date of birth; fingerprints; photographs, if available; personal descriptions including identifying marks, scars, amputations, and tattoos; aliases and prior names; social security number, driver's license number and other identifying numbers; and information on juvenile offense arrests and adjudications or convictions.

(h) “Juvenile offense” means an offense committed by a juvenile that, if committed by an adult, would be a felony, a criminal contempt conviction under section 2950 or 2950a of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.2950 and 600.2950a, a criminal contempt conviction for a violation of a foreign protection order that satisfies the conditions for validity provided in section 2950i of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.2950i, or a misdemeanor.

(i) “Law enforcement agency” means the police department of a city, township, or village, the sheriff's department of a county, the department, or any other governmental law enforcement agency of this state.

(j) “Misdemeanor” means either of the following:

(i) A violation of a penal law of this state that is not a felony or a violation of an order, rule, or regulation of a state agency that is punishable by imprisonment or a fine that is not a civil fine.

(ii) A violation of a local ordinance that substantially corresponds to state law and that is not a civil infraction.

History: Add. 1986, Act 231, Eff. June 1, 1987 ;-- Am. 1988, Act 40, Eff. June 1, 1988 ;-- Am. 1994, Act 196, Eff. Oct. 1, 1994 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 259, Eff. Jan. 1, 1997 ;-- Am. 2001, Act 187, Eff. Apr. 1, 2002