Title 34 — NavyRelease 119-73not60
§60905 Subsequent Reviews
Title 34 › Subtitle Subtitle VI— Other Crime Control and Law Enforcement Matters › Chapter 609— HOMICIDE VICTIMS’ FAMILIES’ RIGHTS › § 60905
Summary
Sets a five-year wait before another review or full reinvestigation of a cold-case murder can be required, unless newly discovered, important evidence appears. If a review decides not to do a full reinvestigation, or if a full reinvestigation ends without identifying a suspect, no new review or reinvestigation is required for five years from that decision or end. An agency may keep investigating even if no designated person applied.
Full Legal Text
Title 34, §60905
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(a)If a review under subsection (a) case file 11 So in original. regarding a cold case murder is conducted and a conclusion is reached not to conduct a full reinvestigation, no additional case file review shall be required to be undertaken under this chapter with respect to that cold case murder for a period of five years, unless there is newly discovered, materially significant evidence. An agency may continue an investigation absent a designated person’s application.
(b)If a full reinvestigation of a cold case murder is completed and a suspect is not identified at its conclusion, no additional case file review or full reinvestigation shall be undertaken with regard to that cold case murder for a period of five years beginning on the date of the conclusion of the reinvestigation, unless there is newly discovered, materially significant evidence.
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Citation
34 U.S.C. § 60905
Title 34 — Navy
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60