2022 Code of Alabama
Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.
Chapter 19 - Bureau for Information on Missing Persons.
Section 26-19-5 - Law Enforcement Agencies to Report Missing Persons to Acmec; Contents of Report.
Section 26-19-5
Law enforcement agencies to report missing persons to ACMEC; contents of report.
Any law enforcement agency in this state in which a complaint of a missing person has been filed shall prepare and send a report to ACMEC immediately on any missing person or unidentified deceased person. That report shall include, but is not limited to, the following:
(1) All information contained in the complaint on a missing person.
(2) All information or evidence gathered by a preliminary investigation, if one was made.
(3) A statement, by the law enforcement officer in charge, setting forth that officer's assessment of the case based upon all evidence and information received.
(4) An explanation of the next steps to be taken by the law enforcement agency filing the report.
(Acts 1985, No. 85-538, p. 653, §5; Acts 1997, No. 97-416, p. 698, §1.)
