Utah Code 53-10-204. Missing person records — Confidentiality — Availability

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Inquiries made regarding missing persons are confidential and are available only to:

(1)	a law enforcement agency investigating a report of a missing person;

Terms Used In Utah Code 53-10-204

Director: means the division director appointed under Section 53-10-103. See Utah Code 53-10-102
Division: means the Criminal Investigations and Technical Services Division created in Section 53-10-103. See Utah Code 53-10-102
Law enforcement agency: means an entity or division of:

(i)

(A)	the federal government, a state, or a political subdivision of a state;

(B)	a state institution of higher education; or

(C)	a private institution of higher education, if the entity or division is certified by the commissioner under Title 53, Chapter 19, Certification of Private Law Enforcement Agency; and

(ii)	that exists primarily to prevent and detect crime and enforce criminal laws, statutes, and ordinances. See Utah Code 53-1-102 Missing person: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-8-130. See Utah Code 53-10-102 Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(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

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