Delaware Code Title 11 Sec. 8534 – Dissemination of missing person report
Upon completion of the missing person report, the law-enforcement agency shall send a copy of the report to:
(1) Each law-enforcement officer having jurisdiction over the location in which the missing person was last seen, or the missing person’s last known place of residence;
(2) Each state agency which the reporting law-enforcement agency considers to be potentially involved, and each private agency known to the law-enforcement agency which has, as a part of its functions, the searching for or location of missing persons;
(3) Each state agency to which the nearest relative to the missing person, or the complaint if no relative is located, requests that the report be sent; provided, however, that the forwarding of any report under this section shall be at the discretion of the law-enforcement agency;
(4) Each law-enforcement agency which requests a copy of the missing person report.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 11 Sec. 8534
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302