§49-6-116. Establish a Missing Foster Child Locator Unit Program
(a) The Secretary of the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources shall establish a Missing Foster Child Locator Unit within the department with a minimum staffing of a northern-based caseworker, a southern-based caseworker, and an identified worker located in the Centralized Intake Unit. (b) The duties of the Missing Foster Child Locator Unit […]
§49-6-101. Clearinghouse Function; State Police Requirements; Rule-Making
(a) The Missing Children Information Clearinghouse is established under the West Virginia State Police. The State Police: (1) Shall provide for the administration of the clearinghouse; and
§49-6-102. State Department of Education; Missing Children Program; Rule-Making
(a) The State Department of Education shall develop and administer a program for the location of missing children who may be enrolled in the West Virginia school system, including private schools, and for the reporting of children who may be missing or who may be unlawfully removed from schools. (b) The program shall include the […]
§49-6-103. Information to Clearinghouse; Definitions
(a) The Department of Health and Human Resources and every law-enforcement agency in West Virginia shall provide to the clearinghouse or another investigating law-enforcement agency any information that would assist in locating or identifying a missing child. (b) For purposes of this article: (1) “Missing and endangered child” means any missing child for which there […]
§49-6-104. Custodian Request for Information
(a) Upon written request made to a law-enforcement agency by the custodian of a missing child, the law-enforcement agency shall request from the clearinghouse information concerning the child that may aid the custodian in locating or identifying the child. (b) A law-enforcement agency to which a request has been made pursuant to subsection (a) of […]
§49-6-105. Missing Child Report Forms; Where Filed
(a) The clearinghouse shall distribute missing child and missing and endangered child report forms to law-enforcement agencies in the state and to the Department of Health and Human Resources. (b) A missing child or missing and endangered child report may be made to a law-enforcement agency in person or by telephone, or other indirect method […]
§49-5-102. Preservation of Records
The proceedings, records, reports, case histories, and all other papers or documents of or received by the state department in the administration of this chapter shall be filed of record and preserved.
§49-5-103. Confidentiality of Juvenile Records; Permissible Disclosures; Penalties; Damages
(a) Any findings or orders of the court in a juvenile proceeding shall be known as the juvenile record and shall be maintained by the clerk of the court. (b) Records of a juvenile proceeding conducted under this chapter are not public records and shall not be disclosed to anyone unless disclosure is otherwise authorized […]
§49-5-104. Confidentiality of Juvenile Records for Children Who Become of Age While a Ward of the State or Who Have Been Transferred to Adult Criminal Jurisdiction; Separate and Secure Location; Penalties; Damages; Accessibility of Records for Child Victims of Sex Trafficking
(a) One year after the juveniles 18th birthday, or one year after personal or juvenile jurisdiction has terminated, whichever is later, the records of a juvenile proceeding conducted under this chapter, including, but not limited to, law-enforcement files and records, may be kept in a separate secure confidential place and the records may not be […]
§49-5-105. Juvenile Justice Database; Individual Records Confidential
The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals is responsible for collecting, compiling and disseminating information in the juvenile justice database. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, the court shall grant the Division of Justice and Community Services access to confidential juvenile records for the limited purpose of the collection and analysis […]