43.401. Reports, information to be included, entry of data into computer systems--patrol to be notified, when--report to be maintained as record during investigation.

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

43.401. Reports, information to be included, entry of data into computer systems--patrol to be notified, when--report to be maintained as record during investigation.

Reports, information to be included, entry of data into computersystems--patrol to be notified, when--report to be maintained asrecord during investigation.

43.401. 1. The reporting of missing persons by lawenforcement agencies, private citizens, and the responsibilitiesof the patrol in maintaining accurate records of missing personsare as follows:

(1) A person may file a complaint of a missing person witha law enforcement agency having jurisdiction. The complaintshall include, but need not be limited to, the followinginformation:

(a) The name of the complainant;

(b) The relationship of the complainant to the missingperson;

(d) The length of time the person has been missing;

(e) All other information deemed relevant by either thecomplainant or the law enforcement agency;

(2) A report of the complaint of a missing person shall beimmediately entered into the Missouri uniform law enforcementsystem (MULES) and the National Crime Information Center (NCIC)system by the law enforcement agency receiving the complaint, anddisseminated to other law enforcement agencies who may come incontact with or be involved in the investigation or location of amissing person;

(3) A law enforcement agency with which a complaint of amissing child has been filed shall prepare, as soon aspracticable, a standard missing child report. The missing childreport shall be maintained as a record by the reporting lawenforcement agency during the course of an active investigation;

(4) Upon the location of a missing person, or thedetermination by the law enforcement agency of jurisdiction thatthe person is no longer missing, the law enforcement agency whichreported the missing person shall immediately remove the recordof the missing person from the MULES and NCIC files.

2. No law enforcement agency shall prevent an immediateactive investigation on the basis of an agency rule whichspecifies an automatic time limitation for a missing personinvestigation.