South Carolina § 23-3-240 - Submission of missing person reports to Center.
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§ 23-3-240. Submission of missing person reports to Center.
Any parent, spouse, guardian, legal custodian, public or private agency or entity, or any person responsible for a missing person, may submit a missing person report to the MPIC on any missing child or missing person, regardless of the circumstances, after having first submitted a missing person report on the individual to the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction of the area in which the individual became or is believed to have become missing, regardless of the circumstances.
HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 98, SECTION 5; 2010 Act No. 192, SECTION 1, eff May 28, 2010.
Effect of Amendment
The 2010 amendment inserted "or any person responsible for a missing person", and made other nonsubstantive changes.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 23-3-240 ("Submission of missing person reports to Center.") is part of the South Carolina Code of Laws, the codified statutory law of South Carolina. 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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