Missing Persons: Related Laws

U.S.

• U.S. Code > Title 34 > Subtitle II > Chapter 219 - Ashanti Alert Communications Network

Alabama

• Alabama Code > Title 26 > Chapter 19 - Bureau for Information On Missing Persons
• Alabama Code > Title 26 > Chapter 19A - Missing Senior Citizen Alert
• Alabama Code > Title 26 > Chapter 19B - Hiawayi Robinson Emergency Missing Child Alert System

Arizona

• Arizona Laws > Title 8 > Chapter 5 - Missing Children Reporting

Florida

• Florida Statutes > Chapter 937 - Missing Person Investigations
• Florida Regulations > Chapter 11C-10 - Missing Endangered Persons Clearinghouse

Illinois

• Illinois Compiled Statutes > 325 ILCS 40 - Intergovernmental Missing Child Recovery Act of 1984
• Illinois Compiled Statutes > 325 ILCS 50 - Missing Children Records Act
• Illinois Compiled Statutes > 325 ILCS 55 - Missing Children Registration Law
• Illinois Compiled Statutes > 325 ILCS 57 - Find Our Children Act

Indiana

• Indiana Code > Title 31 > Article 36 - Juvenile Law: Missing Children

Iowa

• Iowa Code > Chapter 694 - Missing Persons

Louisiana

• Louisiana Revised Statutes 15:651 - Short title
• Louisiana Revised Statutes 15:652 - Legislative findings and objectives
• Louisiana Revised Statutes 15:653 - Definitions
• Louisiana Revised Statutes 15:654 - Powers and duties of the F.A.C.E.S. Laboratory
• Louisiana Revised Statutes 15:655 - Louisiana Repository for Unidentified and Missing Persons Information Program

Maine

• Maine Revised Statutes Title 25 Sec. 2152 - Short title
• Maine Revised Statutes Title 25 Sec. 2153 - Definitions
• Maine Revised Statutes Title 25 Sec. 2154 - Missing child reports
• Maine Revised Statutes Title 25 Sec. 2154-A - Children missing involuntarily
• Maine Revised Statutes Title 25 Sec. 2155 - Missing Children Information Clearinghouse

Massachusetts

• Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 22A - Missing Persons

Michigan

• Michigan Laws > Chapter 720 > Act 44 of 1947 - Missing Persons

Nebraska

• Nebraska Statutes > Missing Children Identification Act

Nevada

• Nevada Revised Statutes > Chapter 156 - Administration of Estates of Missing Persons

New Hampshire

• New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 106-J - Missing Adult Program and Missing Vulnerable Adult Alert Program
• New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 169-E - Missing Children

New Mexico

• New Mexico Statutes > Chapter 29 > Article 15 - Missing Persons Information and Reporting

North Carolina

• North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 28C - Estates of Missing Persons

North Dakota

• North Dakota Code > Chapter 12-68 - Missing Person Reports

Ohio

• Ohio Code > Chapter 2121 - Presumed Decedents' Law

Oregon

• Oregon Statutes 146.015 - State Medical Examiner Advisory Board; appointment of Chief Medical Examiner; rules
• Oregon Statutes 146.025 - Functions of board
• Oregon Statutes 146.035 - Chief Medical Examiner; personnel; records; right to examine records
• Oregon Statutes 146.045 - Duties of Chief Medical Examiner; persons missing at sea, in wilderness or in forested environment
• Oregon Statutes 146.055 - Advice; autopsies; training programs; report

South Dakota

• South Dakota Codified Laws > Title 26 > Chapter 17 - Missing Children

Texas

• Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 63 - Missing Children and Missing Persons

Vermont

• Vermont Statutes > Title 20 > Chapter 112 - Missing Persons and Search and Rescue

Virginia

• Virginia Code > Title 52 > Chapter 7 - Missing Children Information Clearinghouse
• Virginia Code > Title 52 > Chapter 7.1 - Virginia Amber Alert Program
• Virginia Code > Title 52 > Chapter 7.2 - Virginia Senior Alert Program
• Virginia Code > Title 52 > Chapter 7.3 - Virginia Blue Alert Program
• Virginia Code > Title 52 > Chapter 7.4 - Virginia Critically Missing Adult Alert Program

Washington

• Washington Code > Chapter 13.60 - Missing children clearinghouse

West Virginia

• West Virginia Code > Chapter 15 > Article 3A - Amber Alert Plan
• West Virginia Code > Chapter 15 > Article 3D - Missing Persons Act