SECONDREGULARSESSION
HOUSECOMMITTEESUBSTITUTEFOR
HOUSEBILLNO.2699
101STGENERALASSEMBLY
5552H.02C DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
Torepealsection43.401,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereofonenewsectionrelatingto
missingpersonsreports.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Section43.401,RSMo,isrepealedandonenewsectionenactedinlieu
2thereof,tobeknownassection43.401,toreadasfollows:
43.401.1.Thereportingofmissingpersonsbylawenforcementagencies,private
2citizens,andtheresponsibilitiesofthepatrolinmaintainingaccuraterecordsofmissing
3personsareasfollows:
4 (1)Apersonmayfileacomplaintofamissingpersonwithalawenforcementagency
5havingjurisdiction.Thecomplaintshallinclude,butneednotbelimitedto,thefollowing
6information:
7 (a)Thenameofthecomplainant;
8 (b)Thename,address,andphonenumberoftheguardian,ifany,ofthemissing
9person;
10 (c)Therelationshipofthecomplainanttothemissingperson;
11 (d)Thename,age,address,andallidentifyingcharacteristicsofthemissingperson;
12 (e)Thelengthoftimethepersonhasbeenmissing;and
13 (f)Allotherinformationdeemedrelevantbyeitherthecomplainantorthelaw
14enforcementagency;
15 (2)Areportofthecomplaintofamissingpersonshallbeimmediatelyenteredinto
16theMissouriuniformlawenforcementsystem(MULES)[and], theNationalCrime
17InformationCenter(NCIC)system, andtheNationalMissingandUnidentifiedPersons
18System(NamUs)bythelawenforcementagencyreceivingthecomplaint,anddisseminated
EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 19tootherlawenforcementagencieswhomaycomeincontactwithorbeinvolvedinthe
20investigationorlocationofamissingperson;
21 (3)Thelawenforcementagencyreceivingthecomplaintofamissingperson
22shallattempttolocatecurrentphotosofthemissingpersonandshallscansuchphotos
23andenterthemintoMULES,NCIC,andNamUsassoonaspracticable;
24 (4)Alawenforcementagencywithwhichacomplaintofamissingchildhasbeen
25filedshallprepare,assoonaspracticable,astandardmissingchildreport.Themissingchild
26reportshallbemaintainedasarecordbythereportinglawenforcementagencyduringthe
27courseofanactiveinvestigation;
28 [(4)](5)Uponthelocationofamissingperson,orthedeterminationbythelaw
29enforcementagencyofjurisdictionthatthepersonisnolongermissing,thelawenforcement
30agencywhichreportedthemissingpersonshallimmediatelyremovetherecordofthemissing
31personfromtheMULES[and],NCIC, andNamUsfiles.
32 2.Nolawenforcementagencyshallpreventanimmediateactiveinvestigationonthe
33basisofanagencyrulewhichspecifiesanautomatictimelimitationforamissingperson
34investigation.
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