Plain English Breakdown
The official text does not provide an effective date or specific timeline for when this change takes effect.
Allowing Digital Records for Stolen Property
This law allows clerks at police and sheriff departments to type descriptions of stolen or embezzled items into a computer database instead of only writing them in a book.
What This Bill Does
- Keeps the rule that peace officers must hold property thought to be stolen or taken by fraud when it comes into their custody.
- Allows clerks or people in charge of property sections at police and sheriff departments to enter item descriptions in a computer database.
- Updates existing law which required these descriptions to be entered only in a suitable book.
Who It Names or Affects
- Clerks or staff who manage property sections for police and sheriff departments.
- Peace officers who take custody of alleged stolen items.
Limits and Unknowns
- The bill states clerks may use a computer database, but does not say they must do so instead of books.
- The official text mentions technical changes but does not list what those specific changes are.