2021 Indiana Code
Title 5. State and Local Administration
Article 2. Law Enforcement
Chapter 17. Missing Persons
5-2-17-1. "High Risk Missing Person"

Universal Citation: IN Code § 5-2-17-1 (2021)

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "high risk missing person" means a person whose whereabouts are not known and who may be at risk of injury or death. The term includes the following:

(1) A person who is missing as the result of abduction by a stranger.

(2) A person whose disappearance may be the result of the commission of a crime.

(3) A person whose disappearance occurred under circumstances that are inherently dangerous.

(4) A person who is missing for more than thirty (30) days.

(5) A missing person who is in need of medical attention or prescription medication.

(6) A missing person who may be at risk due to abduction by a noncustodial parent.

(7) A missing person who is mentally impaired.

(8) A missing person who is less than twenty-one (21) years of age.

(9) A missing person who has previously been the victim of a threat of violence or an act of violence.

(10) A missing person who has been determined by a law enforcement agency to be:

(A) at risk of injury or death; or

(B) a person that meets any of the descriptions in subdivisions (1) through (9).

(11) A missing person who is an endangered adult (as defined in IC 12-7-2-131.3).

As added by P.L.92-2007, SEC.1.

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