LA: An Act Clarifying Rapid DNA Analysis and Compelled Collection Procedures (SB 132, Acts 2021, No. 99, 2021)

June 4, 2021

Amended SDCL §§ 23-5A-17 and 23-5A-25 to permit DNA samples in the state database to be used — in addition to law enforcement identification and identification of human remains or missing persons — for a court-ordered determination of parentage, but only if no other sample is available and all other reasonable opportunities to locate a known sample have been exhausted. SB 132, SL 2010, ch. 124. Signed March 10, 2010.