Evidence Preservation in Michigan

State statute requires law enforcement to automatically preserve biological material identified during the investigation of a felony that led to a conviction. The evidence must be preserved for the period of time that a person is incarcerated in connection with that case. Effective: 2001; Amended most recently: 2011.

Michigan’s statute meets the best practices standards outlined by the NIST Technical Working Group on Biological Evidence Preservation.

Read the statute.

 

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