1994 US Code
Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER 72 - JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION
SUBCHAPTER IV - MISSING CHILDREN
Sec. 5780 - State requirements
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 72 - JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION SUBCHAPTER IV - MISSING CHILDREN Sec. 5780 - State requirements |
Contains | section 5780 |
Date | 1994 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 4, 1995 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 101-647, title XXXVII, §3702, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4967. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 104 Stat. 4967 |
Public Law Reference | Public Law 101-647 |
§5780. State requirements
Each State reporting under the provisions of this section and section 5779 of this title shall—
(1) ensure that no law enforcement agency within the State establishes or maintains any policy that requires the observance of any waiting period before accepting a missing child or unidentified person report;
(2) provide that each such report and all necessary and available information, which, with respect to each missing child report, shall include—
(A) the name, date of birth, sex, race, height, weight, and eye and hair color of the child;
(B) the date and location of the last known contact with the child; and
(C) the category under which the child is reported missing;
is entered immediately into the State law enforcement system and the National Crime Information Center computer networks and made available to the Missing Children Information Clearinghouse within the State or other agency designated within the State to receive such reports; and
(3) provide that after receiving reports as provided in paragraph (2), the law enforcement agency that entered the report into the National Crime Information Center shall—
(A) no later than 60 days after the original entry of the record into the State law enforcement system and National Crime Information Center computer networks, verify and update such record with any additional information, including, where available, medical and dental records;
(B) institute or assist with appropriate search and investigative procedures; and
(C) maintain close liaison with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children for the exchange of information and technical assistance in the missing children cases.
(Pub. L. 101–647, title XXXVII, §3702, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4967.)
CodificationSection was enacted as part of the Crime Control Act of 1990, and not as part of the Missing Children's Assistance Act which comprises this subchapter, nor as part of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 which comprises this chapter.
Section Referred to in Other SectionsThis section is referred to in section 5779 of this title.
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