§ 12-12-801 - Report of missing child -- Notation on records. - Arkansas Statutes

12-12-801. Report of missing child -- Notation on records.

(a) When either a law enforcement officer or the Attorney General is notified by the parents, guardian, or other person having custody of a child that the child is missing, the law enforcement officer or the Attorney General shall, within five (5) business days after being so notified, inform by certified mail, return receipt requested, the Division of Vital Records of the Department of Health and the superintendent of the school where the child was attending that the child has been reported as missing.

(b) The division shall enter on or attach to the child's birth certificate a notice that the child has been reported missing. The school shall make or attach the same notation on the child's school records.