44-2-505. Duties of law enforcement authority.


     44-2-505. Duties of law enforcement authority. Whenever a parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child files a report with a law enforcement authority that the child is missing, the law enforcement authority shall:
     (1) immediately inform all on-duty law enforcement officers of the existence of the missing child report;
     (2) communicate the report to all other law enforcement authorities having jurisdiction in the county; and
     (3) immediately enter the missing child report into the national crime information center computer system.

     History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 559, L. 1985.