Indiana § 5-2-17-1 - "High risk missing person"
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§ 5-2-17-1. "High risk missing person"
Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "high risk missing person" means a person whose whereabouts are not known and who may be at risk of injury or death. The term includes the following:
(1) A person who is missing as the result of abduction by a stranger.
(2) A person whose disappearance may be the result of the commission of a crime.
(3) A person whose disappearance occurred under circumstances that are inherently dangerous.
(4) A person who is missing for more than thirty (30) days.
(5) A missing person who is in need of medical attention or prescription medication.
(6) A missing person who may be at risk due to abduction by a noncustodial parent.
(7) A missing person who is mentally impaired.
(8) A missing person who is less than twenty-one (21) years of age.
(9) A missing person who has previously been the victim of a threat of violence or an act of violence.
(10) A missing person who has been determined by a law enforcement agency to be:
(A) at risk of injury or death; or
(B) a person that meets any of the descriptions in subdivisions (1) through (9).
(11) A missing person who is an endangered adult (as defined in IC 12-7-2.1-227).
(12) A missing person who is a veteran at risk (as defined in IC 12-7-2.1-346).
As added by P.L.92-2007, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.40-2024, SEC.1; P.L.145-2026, SEC.17.
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