Public Safety Code
Criminal Investigations and Technical Services Act
Section 204
Missing person records -- Confidentiality -- Availability.
     53-10-204.   Missing person records -- Confidentiality -- Availability.
     Inquiries made regarding missing persons are confidential and are available only to:
     (1) a law enforcement agency investigating a report of a missing person;
     (2) an agency having the responsibility or authority to care for, treat, or supervise a person who is the subject of a placement in temporary or substitute care or an adoption proceeding;
     (3) a court, upon a finding that access to the records may be necessary for the determination of an issue before it;
     (4) the office of the public prosecutor or its deputies;
     (5) any person engaged in bona fide research when approved by the director of the division, excluding names and addresses; and
     (6) entities or persons authorized to receive the information in accordance with Section 53-10-203.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 263, 1998 General Session
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