Idaho § 18-4508 - Definitions

Full text of Idaho Idaho Statutes § 18-4508 — Definitions, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 18-4508. Definitions

As used in sections 18-4507 , 18-4508 , 18-4509 , 18-4510 and 18-4511 , Idaho Code:

(1) "Law enforcement agency" means any law enforcement agency of the state or any political subdivision of the state, including the Idaho state police and any municipal or county sheriff department.

(2) "Missing child" means an individual who is less than eighteen (18) years of age who is reported to any law enforcement agency as abducted or lost.

(3) "Runaway child" means an individual who is less than eighteen (18) years of age who is reported to any law enforcement agency as a runaway.

(4) "State registrar" means the employee so designated by the director of the department of health and welfare.

[18-4508, added 1988, ch. 281, sec. 1, p. 912; am. 1989, ch. 219, sec. 1, p. 532; am. 2000, ch. 469, sec. 23, p. 1478.]

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