Connecticut § 7-282c - Filing and dissemination of reports re missing children, missing youths and certain missing persons.
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§ 7-282c. Filing and dissemination of reports re missing children, missing youths and certain missing persons.
Sec. 7-282c. Filing and dissemination of reports re missing children, missing youths and certain missing persons. Any municipal police department which receives a report of a missing child or missing youth under eighteen years of age or a missing person who is eligible for assistance under subsection (a) of section 29-1f shall immediately accept such report for filing and inform all on-duty police officers of the existence of the missing child, missing youth or missing person report and communicate the report to other appropriate law enforcement agencies.
(P.A. 85-278; P.A. 09-109, S. 1; P.A. 11-102, S. 4; 11-157, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 09-109 added provisions re reports of missing persons eligible for assistance under Sec. 29-1f(a), effective July 1, 2009; P.A. 11-102 changed age of missing child from under 15 years to under 18 years of age; P.A. 11-157 added provisions re reports of missing youth under 18 years of age.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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