CHAPTER 2. INVESTIGATION OF REPORTS OF MISSING CHILDREN

IC 31-36-2
    Chapter 2. Investigation of Reports of Missing Children

IC 31-36-2-0.5
Missing juvenile as high risk missing person
    Sec. 0.5. A missing juvenile is a high risk missing person underIC 5-2-17. A law enforcement agency receiving a report of a missingjuvenile shall follow the procedures in IC 5-2-17 in addition to theprocedures described in this chapter.
As added by P.L.92-2007, SEC.3.

IC 31-36-2-1
Time for instituting investigation
    Sec. 1. A law enforcement agency shall begin an investigationconcerning the missing child not later than twenty-four (24) hoursafter receiving notification that the child is missing.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.19.

IC 31-36-2-2
Investigatory duties of law enforcement agency
    Sec. 2. A law enforcement agency involved in the investigation ofa missing child shall do the following:
        (1) Update the initial report filed by the agency that receivednotification of the missing child upon the discovery of newinformation concerning the investigation.
        (2) Forward the updated report to the agencies andorganizations listed in IC 31-36-1-3.
        (3) Search the National Crime Information Center's WantedPerson File for reports of arrest warrants issued for persons whoallegedly abducted or unlawfully retained children and comparethese reports to the missing child's National Crime InformationCenter's Missing Person File.
        (4) Notify all law enforcement agencies involved in theinvestigation, the Indiana clearinghouse for information onmissing children and missing endangered adults, and theNational Crime Information Center when the missing child islocated.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.19. Amended by P.L.43-2009, SEC.23.

IC 31-36-2-3
Dental records; examination; copies
    Sec. 3. (a) If a child has:
        (1) been reported missing to a law enforcement agency; and
        (2) not been located within thirty (30) days after the report wasmade to the law enforcement agency;
the law enforcement agency conducting the investigation of themissing child may request a parent or guardian of the missing childto provide written consent for the law enforcement agency toexamine a copy of the missing child's dental records.
    (b) A dentist receiving a request from a law enforcement agency

with written consent provided under subsection (a) shall provide acopy of the missing child's dental records to the law enforcementagency.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.19.

IC 31-36-2-4
Fingerprint records; release; destruction
    Sec. 4. (a) A state or local governmental agency or a public orprivate organization maintaining a record of the fingerprints of achild shall release a copy of that record to a law enforcement agencyif:
        (1) the child is a missing child (as defined in IC 10-13-5-4);
        (2) a parent or guardian of the child provides written consentfor the release of the record; and
        (3) the law enforcement agency requests a copy of the record.
    (b) Except as provided in IC 31-39-5, a record of the fingerprintsof a child taken and retained by a state or local governmental agencyshall be destroyed when the child becomes eighteen (18) years ofage.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.19. Amended by P.L.2-2003, SEC.78.

IC 31-36-2-5
Arrest warrant issuance for persons abducting or unlawfullyretaining child; reporting requirements
    Sec. 5. (a) If an arrest warrant is issued for a person who hasallegedly abducted or unlawfully retained a missing child, the lawenforcement agency issuing the warrant shall immediately enter allidentifying information regarding the person into the National CrimeInformation Center's Wanted Person File.
    (b) Upon entering the warrant information into the National CrimeInformation Center's Wanted Person File, the agency shall update thereport in the National Crime Information Center's Missing PersonFile.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.19.

IC 31-36-2-6
Notification upon finding missing child
    Sec. 6. When a law enforcement agency is notified that a child forwhom that agency prepared a report under IC 31-36-1-1 has beenfound, that agency shall promptly notify the persons described inIC 31-36-1-3 and IC 31-36-1-4.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.19.