A population study on 10 STR loci: D3S1358, VWA, D16S539, D2S1338, D8S1179, D21S11, D18S51, D19S433, TH01 and FGA was performed on 620 unrelated individuals born in Podlasie (NE Poland). The DNA was amplified by multiplex PCR using a commercially available multiplex AmpFISTR SGM Plus kit. Capillary electrophoresis with fluorescent detection was carried out using the ABI 310 Genetic Analyzer. The expected performance of the analysed loci for personal identification and paternity testing was estimated. All loci met the Hardy-Weinberg assumption. No significant differences between the studied population and other Polish data were found. The combined values of the Matching Probability and of the Power of Exclusion are 4.18 x 10(-13) and 0.99997, respectively.