Alabama § 26-19A-5 - Missing and Endangered Persons Alert - Activation.
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§ 26-19A-5. Missing and Endangered Persons Alert - Activation.
Once a determination has been made to activate the missing and endangered person media alert, the department shall do the following:
(1) Issue a local media alert via email indicating that an individual living with a mental disability, physical disability, Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, or autism is missing, or an individual has been abducted, and the individual is believed to be in danger.
(2) Prepare and send via email the information and description of the missing and endangered person to the media in the appropriate area.
(3) Supplement the information by descriptions or photographs of the individual to the media and the public through the following:
a. Email description.
b. Post the missing and endangered person’s photograph on the department’s website.
(4)a. Once the missing and endangered person is found or the case is closed, the initiating law enforcement agency shall notify the department, which shall distribute a media alert cancellation.
b. Law enforcement officials shall notify other agencies of the cancellation.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 26-19A-5 ("Missing and Endangered Persons Alert - Activation.") is part of the Code of Alabama, the codified statutory law of Alabama. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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