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Short title. This Article may be cited as the Missing Children Registration Law. (Source: P.A. 86-1475.)
Illinois · statute · 325 ILCS 55 · 8 active provisions
Short title. This Article may be cited as the Missing Children Registration Law. (Source: P.A. 86-1475.)
Definitions. As used in this Article, unless the context requires otherwise: (a) "Custodian" means the State Registrar of Vital Records, local registrars of vital records appointed by the State Registrar and county clerks. (b) (Blank). (c) "Missing child" means a person under the age of 18 years, reported to any law en…
Illinois State Police duties. Upon entry of a report of a missing child born in Illinois into the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System, the Illinois State Police shall notify the Registrar of the disappearance and shall provide the Registrar with information concerning the identity of the missing child. If the Illinois…
Registrar duties. Upon notification by the Illinois State Police that a person under the age of 18 years who was born in this State is missing, the Registrar shall flag the birth certificate record of that person in such a manner that whenever a copy of the birth certificate or information regarding the birth record is…
Custodian duties. (a) In response to any inquiry, a custodian shall not provide a copy of a birth certificate or information concerning the birth record of any person whose record is flagged pursuant to Section 3 except as approved by the Illinois State Police. (b) When a copy of the birth certificate of a person whose…
School duties. (a) Upon notification by the Illinois State Police of a child's disappearance, a school in which the child is currently or was previously enrolled shall flag the record of that child in such a manner that whenever a copy of or information regarding the record is requested, the school shall be alerted to…
Local law enforcement duties. Any local law enforcement authority notified pursuant to this Article of the request for the birth certificate or school record of or other information concerning a missing child shall immediately notify the Illinois State Police of such request and shall investigate the request. (Source:…
Home rule. This Article shall constitute the exercise of the State's exclusive jurisdiction pursuant to subsection (h) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution and shall preempt the jurisdiction of any home rule unit. (Source: P.A. 84-1279.)