Article 22.--REVISED KANSAS CODE FOR CARE OF CHILDREN
38-2231.Child under 18, when law enforcementofficers or court services officers may take into custody; sheltering arunaway.(a) A law enforcement officer or court services officershalltake a child under18 years of age into custody when:
(1) The law enforcement officer or court services officer has a court ordercommanding thatthe child be taken into custody as a child in need of care; or
(2) the law enforcement officer or court services officer has probable causeto believe thata court order commanding that the child be taken into custody as a child inneed of care has beenissued in this state or in another jurisdiction.
(b) A law enforcement officer shall take a child under 18 years of age intocustody when:
(1) The law enforcement officer reasonably believes the child will be harmedif notimmediately removed from the place or residence where the child has been found;or
(2) when the officer has probable cause to believe that the child is amissing person and averified missing person entry for the child can be found in the national crimeinformation centermissing person system.
(c) (1) If a person provides shelter to a child whom the person knows is arunaway, suchperson shall promptly report the child's location either to a law enforcementagency or to the child'sparent or other custodian.
(2) If a person reports a runaway's location to a law enforcement agencypursuant to thissection and a law enforcement officer of the agency has reasonable grounds tobelieve that it is inthe child's best interests, the child may be allowed to remain in the placewhere shelter is beingprovided, subject to subsection (b), in the absence of a court order to thecontrary. If the child isallowed to so remain, the law enforcement agency shall promptly notify thesecretary of the child's location and circumstances.
(d) A law enforcement officer may temporarily detain and assume temporarycustody of anychild subject to compulsory school attendance, pursuant to K.S.A. 72-1111, andamendments thereto,during the hours school is actually in session and shall deliver the childpursuant to subsection (g)ofK.S.A. 2009 Supp.38-2232, and amendments thereto.
Article 22.--REVISED KANSAS CODE FOR CARE OF CHILDREN
38-2231.Child under 18, when law enforcementofficers or court services officers may take into custody; sheltering arunaway.(a) A law enforcement officer or court services officershalltake a child under18 years of age into custody when:
(1) The law enforcement officer or court services officer has a court ordercommanding thatthe child be taken into custody as a child in need of care; or
(2) the law enforcement officer or court services officer has probable causeto believe thata court order commanding that the child be taken into custody as a child inneed of care has beenissued in this state or in another jurisdiction.
(b) A law enforcement officer shall take a child under 18 years of age intocustody when:
(1) The law enforcement officer reasonably believes the child will be harmedif notimmediately removed from the place or residence where the child has been found;or
(2) when the officer has probable cause to believe that the child is amissing person and averified missing person entry for the child can be found in the national crimeinformation centermissing person system.
(c) (1) If a person provides shelter to a child whom the person knows is arunaway, suchperson shall promptly report the child's location either to a law enforcementagency or to the child'sparent or other custodian.
(2) If a person reports a runaway's location to a law enforcement agencypursuant to thissection and a law enforcement officer of the agency has reasonable grounds tobelieve that it is inthe child's best interests, the child may be allowed to remain in the placewhere shelter is beingprovided, subject to subsection (b), in the absence of a court order to thecontrary. If the child isallowed to so remain, the law enforcement agency shall promptly notify thesecretary of the child's location and circumstances.
(d) A law enforcement officer may temporarily detain and assume temporarycustody of anychild subject to compulsory school attendance, pursuant to K.S.A. 72-1111, andamendments thereto,during the hours school is actually in session and shall deliver the childpursuant to subsection (g)ofK.S.A. 2009 Supp.38-2232, and amendments thereto.
Article 22.--REVISED KANSAS CODE FOR CARE OF CHILDREN
38-2231.Child under 18, when law enforcementofficers or court services officers may take into custody; sheltering arunaway.(a) A law enforcement officer or court services officershalltake a child under18 years of age into custody when:
(1) The law enforcement officer or court services officer has a court ordercommanding thatthe child be taken into custody as a child in need of care; or
(2) the law enforcement officer or court services officer has probable causeto believe thata court order commanding that the child be taken into custody as a child inneed of care has beenissued in this state or in another jurisdiction.
(b) A law enforcement officer shall take a child under 18 years of age intocustody when:
(1) The law enforcement officer reasonably believes the child will be harmedif notimmediately removed from the place or residence where the child has been found;or
(2) when the officer has probable cause to believe that the child is amissing person and averified missing person entry for the child can be found in the national crimeinformation centermissing person system.
(c) (1) If a person provides shelter to a child whom the person knows is arunaway, suchperson shall promptly report the child's location either to a law enforcementagency or to the child'sparent or other custodian.
(2) If a person reports a runaway's location to a law enforcement agencypursuant to thissection and a law enforcement officer of the agency has reasonable grounds tobelieve that it is inthe child's best interests, the child may be allowed to remain in the placewhere shelter is beingprovided, subject to subsection (b), in the absence of a court order to thecontrary. If the child isallowed to so remain, the law enforcement agency shall promptly notify thesecretary of the child's location and circumstances.
(d) A law enforcement officer may temporarily detain and assume temporarycustody of anychild subject to compulsory school attendance, pursuant to K.S.A. 72-1111, andamendments thereto,during the hours school is actually in session and shall deliver the childpursuant to subsection (g)ofK.S.A. 2009 Supp.38-2232, and amendments thereto.
