Rhode Island General Laws
R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-1-8.1 (2026)
Method of identification
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The bureau of criminal identification in the department of attorney general shall use fingerprints as the exclusive method of positive identification.
Notes of Decisions
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case, 2008–2008 · leading case: State v. Lead Indus., Ass'n, Inc., 951 A.2d 428 (R.I. 2008).
State v. Lead Indus., Ass'n, Inc., 951 A.2d 428 (R.I. 2008). “1956 § 12-1-4 (creating a division of criminal identification in the department of the attorney general); § 12-1-7 (providing that the attorney general shall procure and file certain criminal identification records); § 12-1-8.”
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