53-10-204. Missing person records — Confidentiality — Availability.
Inquiries made regarding missing persons are confidential and are available only to:
Inquiries made regarding missing persons are confidential and are available only to:
- (1) a law enforcement agency investigating a report of a missing person;
- (2) an agency having the responsibility or authority to care for, treat, or supervise a person who is the subject of a placement in temporary or substitute care or an adoption proceeding;
- (3) a court, upon a finding that access to the records may be necessary for the determination of an issue before it;
- (4) the office of the public prosecutor or its deputies;
- (5) any person engaged in bona fide research when approved by the director of the division, excluding names and addresses; and
- (6) entities or persons authorized to receive the information in accordance with Section 53-10-203.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 263, 1998 General Session