Evidence Preservation in New Jersey

State Attorney General Guidelines require the automatic preservation of biological evidence in relation to a crime for as long as a person connected with that case or investigation remains in custody, including community supervision. Effective: 2011.

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

Read the guidelines here.

 

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