TITLE 44. LAW ENFORCEMENT

CHAPTER 2. INVESTIGATION, COMMUNICATION, AND IDENTIFICATION

Part 5. Missing Children

Duties Of Law Enforcement Authority

44-2-505. Duties of law enforcement authority. Whenever a parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child files a report with a law enforcement authority that the child is missing, the law enforcement authority shall within 2 hours of the report:

(1) inform all on-duty law enforcement officers of the existence of the missing child report;

(2) communicate the report to all other law enforcement authorities having jurisdiction in the county; and

(3) enter the missing child report into the national crime information center computer system.

History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 559, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 79, L. 2015.