Section 42-28.8-1. – Missing children’s information center.

§ 42-28.8-1. Missing children’s information center. There is hereby established in the division of state police under the jurisdiction of the superintendent of state police a missing children’s information center. History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 335, § 1.

Section 42-28.8-2. – Scope of responsibilities.

§ 42-28.8-2. Scope of responsibilities. The missing children’s information center shall be charged with the responsibility of the following: (1) Coordinate, file, and promptly investigate all missing children cases in the state and create a central office on missing children. (2) Collect and maintain data on missing children in the state and throughout the United […]

Section 42-28.8-2.1. – Investigation.

§ 42-28.8-2.1. Investigation. No municipal police department of the state shall have in force any regulation or policy that requires a twenty-four (24) hour waiting period prior to conducting an investigation of a complaint of a missing child. History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 260, § 2.

Section 42-28.8-3. – Reporting and distribution of information.

§ 42-28.8-3. Reporting and distribution of information. The police departments of the various towns and cities of the state shall immediately enter the information on the missing person into the National Crime Information Center computer of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and inform the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Police departments shall provide […]

Section 42-28.8-4. – Hotline.

§ 42-28.8-4. Hotline. The division of the state police shall establish a statewide 1-800 telephone line to receive reports on missing children. History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 335, § 1.

Section 42-28.8-5. – Contents of report on a missing child.

§ 42-28.8-5. Contents of report on a missing child. A law enforcement agency in which a complaint of a missing child has been filed shall prepare a report on a missing person. That report shall include, but is not limited to, the following: (1) All information contained in the complaint on a missing person on […]

Section 42-28.8-6. – Public education and information.

§ 42-28.8-6. Public education and information. The director of the department of children, youth, and families shall provide statewide educational and public informational seminars for the purpose of developing public awareness of the problems regarding missing children and encourage the development of community programs to aid law enforcement agencies to locate missing children. History of […]

Section 42-28.8-7. – School records — Flagging required.

§ 42-28.8-7. School records — Flagging required. (a) Upon notification by the missing children’s information center of a person’s disappearance, the commissioner of education shall cause any school in which the person is currently or was previously enrolled to flag the record of that person in such a manner that whenever a copy of or […]

Section 42-28.8-8. – Birth certificates — Flagging required.

§ 42-28.8-8. Birth certificates — Flagging required. (a) Upon receipt of information by the missing children’s information center that a person born in this state is missing, the state registrar of vital statistics shall transmit such information to the local registrar. Both the state registrar and the local registrars shall flag the birth certificate records […]