2005 Washington Revised Code RCW 13.60.010: Missing children clearinghouse — Hot line — Distribution of information.

The Washington state patrol shall establish a missing children clearinghouse which shall include the maintenance and operation of a toll-free, twenty-four-hour telephone hotline. The clearinghouse shall distribute information to local law enforcement agencies, school districts, the department of social and health services, and the general public regarding missing children. The information shall include pictures, bulletins, training sessions, reports, and biographical materials that will assist in local law enforcement efforts to locate missing children. The state patrol shall also maintain a regularly updated computerized link with national and other statewide missing person systems or clearinghouses.

     "Child" or "children," as used in this chapter, means an individual under eighteen years of age.

[1985 c 443 § 22.]

Severability -- Effective date -- 1985 c 443: See notes following RCW 7.69.010.