Arrestees with tattooed faces, smeared makeup and gap-toothed grins will no longer fear public humiliation under an obscure provision of the just-passed state budget that bars the release of virtually all law enforcement mug shots.

A change in New York’s Freedom of Information Law says the familiar front and side photos of arrestees and prisoners can be made public only if they serve a “specific law-enforcement purpose,” such as helping cops nab a wanted suspect or find crime victims or witnesses.

According to the legislation passed as part of the Albany budget, the move was intended to prevent “an unacceptable invasion of the individual’s privacy” — like that created by websites that post the photos.

New York joins five other states that limit public access to mug shots.