{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-38-2221","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 38-2221","heading":"Fingerprints and photographs.","body":"(a) Fingerprints or photographs of a person alleged or adjudicated to be a child in need of care may be taken:\n(1) By a person authorized to investigate an allegation or suspicion of child abuse or neglect to obtain and preserve evidence or to determine the identity of a child;\n(2) as authorized by K.S.A. 38-1611, and amendments thereto; or\n(3) if authorized by a judge of the district court having jurisdiction.\n(b) Fingerprints and photographs taken under subsection (a)(3):\n(1) Shall be kept separate from those of persons of the age of majority; and\n(2) may be sent to a state or federal repository only if authorized by a judge of the district court having jurisdiction.\n(c) Nothing in this section shall preclude the custodian of the child from authorizing photographs or fingerprints of the child to:\n(1) Be used in any action under the Kansas parentage act, K.S.A. 23-2201 et seq., and amendments thereto;\n(2) assist in the apprehension of a runaway child;\n(3) assist in the adoption or other permanent placement of a child; or\n(4) provide the child or the child's parents with a history of the child's life and development.\n(d) For purposes of this section, the term photograph means an image or likeness of a child made or reproduced by any medium or means.","path":["Chapter 38.—MINORS","Article 22.—REVISED KANSAS CODE FOR CARE OF CHILDREN"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch38/038_022_0021.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:11:46Z","sha256":"2fa99bb8554ff23d53be942dd7392e82928a8b58c810fac38647c4f0efcab787","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-38-2220","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-38-2222"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}