Montana § 44-2-505 Duties Of Law Enforcement Authority

Montana Statutes

§ 44-2-505 — Duties Of Law Enforcement Authority

Montana·Title 44 LAW ENFORCEMENT·Ch. 2 INVESTIGATION, COMMUNICATION, AND IDENTIFICATION·Part 5 Missing Children

44-2-505 . Duties of law enforcement authority. Whenever a parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child files a report with a law enforcement authority that the child is missing, the law enforcement authority shall within 2 hours of the report:

(1)inform all on-duty law enforcement officers of the existence of the missing child report;

(2)communicate the report to all other law enforcement authorities having jurisdiction in the county;

(3)enter the missing child report into the national crime information center computer system; and

(4)if the missing child is enrolled in a Montana public school district, request the child's directory photograph from the superintendent of public instruction pursuant to 20-7-1317 . If a directory photograph is available, it must be included with the mi

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44-2-505 . Duties of law enforcement authority. Whenever a parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child files a report with a law enforcement authority that the child is missing, the law enforcement authority shall within 2 hours of the report:
(1) inform all on-duty law enforcement officers of the existence of the missing child report;
(2) communicate the report to all other law enforcement authorities having jurisdiction in the county;
(3) enter the missing child report into the national crime information center computer system; and
(4) if the missing child is enrolled in a Montana public school district, request the child's directory photograph from the superintendent of public instruction pursuant to 20-7-1317 . If a directory photograph is available, it must be included with the missing child report.

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