2015 California Code
Penal Code - PEN
PART 4 - PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS
TITLE 12 - VIOLENT CRIME INFORMATION CENTER
Section 14215.
14215. (a) As used in this title, missing person includes, but is not limited to, any of the following:
(1) An at-risk adult.
(2) A child who has been taken, detained, concealed, enticed away, or retained by a parent in violation of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 277) of Title 9 of Part 1.
(3) A child who is missing voluntarily or involuntarily, or under circumstances not conforming to his or her ordinary habits or behavior and who may be in need of assistance.
(b) As used in this title, at risk means there is evidence of, or there are indications of, any of the following:
(1) The person missing is the victim of a crime or foul play.
(2) The person missing is in need of medical attention.
(3) The person missing has no pattern of running away or disappearing.
(4) The person missing may be the victim of parental abduction.
(5) The person missing is mentally impaired.
(c) As used in this title, child is any person under 18 years of age.
(d) As used in this title, center means the Violent Crime Information Center.
(e) As used in this title, dental or medical records or X-rays include all those records or X-rays which are in the possession of a dentist, physician and surgeon, or medical facility.
(f) As used in this title, unidentified person means a person, living or deceased, whose identity the local investigative agency is unable to determine.
(Added by renumbering Section 14213 by Stats. 2014, Ch. 437, Sec. 27. Effective January 1, 2015.)
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