124.415 - PARENTAL AND SCHOOL NOTIFICATION -- PERSONS UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE.
124.415 PARENTAL AND SCHOOL NOTIFICATION -- PERSONS
UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE.
A peace officer shall make a reasonable effort to identify a
person under the age of eighteen discovered to be in possession of a
controlled substance, counterfeit substance, or simulated controlled
substance in violation of this chapter, and if the person is not
referred to juvenile court, the law enforcement agency of which the
peace officer is an employee shall make a reasonable attempt to
notify the person's custodial parent or legal guardian of such
possession, whether or not the person is arrested, unless the officer
has reasonable grounds to believe that such notification is not in
the best interests of the person or will endanger that person. If
the person is taken into custody, the peace officer shall notify a
juvenile court officer who shall make a reasonable effort to identify
the elementary or secondary school the person attends, if any, and to
notify the superintendent of the school district, the
superintendent's designee, or the authorities in charge of the
nonpublic school of the taking into custody. A reasonable attempt to
notify the person includes but is not limited to a telephone call or
notice by first-class mail. Section History: Recent Form
90 Acts, ch 1251, §8
C91, § 204.415
C93, § 124.415
94 Acts, ch 1172, §11; 95 Acts, ch 191, § 5