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CHAPTER 248 An Act to amend and reenact §§ 15.2-1718 and 52-32 of the Code of Virginia, relating to missing child reports. [S 317] Approved March 31, 2004

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 15.2-1718 and 52-32 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 15.2-1718. Receipt of missing child reports.

No police or sheriff's department shall establish or maintain any policy which requires the observance of any waiting period before accepting a missing child report as defined in § 52-32. Upon receipt of a missing child report by any police or sheriff's department, the department shall immediately enter identifying and descriptive data about the child into the Virginia Criminal Information Network and the National Crime Information Center Computer Systems, forward the report to the Missing Children Information Clearinghouse within the Department of State Police, notify all other law-enforcement agencies in the area, and initiate an investigation of the case.

§ 52-32. Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise or it is otherwise specifically provided:

"Missing child" means any person who is under the age of eighteen 21 years, whose temporary or permanent residence is in Virginia, or is believed to be in Virginia, whose whereabouts are unknown to any parent, guardian, legal custodian or other person standing in loco parentis of the child, and who has been reported as missing to a law-enforcement agency within the Commonwealth.

"Missing child report" means a report prepared in a format prescribed by the Superintendent for use by law-enforcement agencies to report missing child information to the Missing Children Information Clearinghouse.