Georgia § 35-3-83 - Missing child reports.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 35-3-83 — Missing child reports., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 35-3-83. Missing child reports.
Upon the filing of a police report by the parent, guardian, caretaker, governmental unit responsible for the child, or other person with legal custody of the child that a child is missing, the local law enforcement agency receiving such report shall notify all of its on-duty law enforcement officers of the existence of the missing child report, communicate the report to all other law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction in the county and all law enforcement agencies of jurisdictions geographically adjoining that of the local law enforcement agency, and transmit the report to the Missing Children Information Center. (Code 1981, § 35-3-83 , enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 659, § 1; Ga. L. 2014, p. 481, § 1/SB 358.)
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Section 35-3-83 ("Missing child reports.") is part of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the codified statutory law of Georgia. 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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