Evidence Submission and Packaging

The JCCL does not accept evidence for analysis from the general public.
All evidence must be submitted through your local police department
or the Johnson County Sheriff's Office.

The JCCL does not currently accept examination requests for the following types of testing:

• Explosives

When submitting evidence to the Johnson County Sheriff's Office Criminalistics Laboratory, unless otherwise specified by the customer agency on the submission sheet, we will select the most appropriate method for the examination. See the JCCL Method List for a complete description of the methods we may select to use when examining your evidence.

!!! Recent Updates !!!

Effective April 1st, 2013, the Crime Lab will begin accepting evidence for Toxicology and Computer Forensics examinations.

The following submission forms have been updated to reflect these new examinations.

• Submission Form (v3.0) 
  This form was updated to include our new examination request categories (BAC, TOX and DME).  In conjunction with this change, several of the previous examination request codes were revised ("ARS" is now "FD" and "CSI" is now "BPA") - see the exam request code legend at the bottom right of the form for a complete description.  The format was updated slightly to more clearly emphasize the importance of providing a case synopsis.  Disclaimer statements underneath the evidence table were also revised. 
  
• Resubmission Form (v2.0) 
  This form was revised to reflect the changes made to the standard Submission Form.
  
• Digital & Multimedia Evidence Submission Form (v1.0)
  This is a new form which will be required at the time of submissions whenever evidence is submitted with a "DME" examination request.  It is important to note that a copy of the legal authority (consent, search warrant, etc.) must be attached to this form.  The bottom half of the form should be completed as it applies to the case and examination(s) being requested.

Effective February 1st, 2013, the Crime Lab will require a victim name/identifier to be included on all submission sheets before evidence will be accepted for examination.  A victim identifier should be a proper name, whenever possible. In some cases, the victim might be a more generic identifier such as the State of Kansas, a city, or an “unidentified white female”.

More in depth information on Evidence Submission and Packaging can be found on their respective pages.

Suggestions for information regarding evidence submission, examination capabilities or anything else which you feel would be helpful should be directed to the laboratory.