Revised Code of Washington Chapter 13.60 — Missing Children Clearinghouse

Washington · statute · Wash. Rev. Code ch. 13.60 · 7 active provisions

Wash. Rev. Code § 13.60.010

Missing children and endangered person clearinghouse—Hotline—Distribution of information—Amber alert plan, endangered missing person advisory plan, silver alert and missing indigenous person alert designations

(1) The Washington state patrol shall establish a missing children and endangered person clearinghouse which shall include the maintenance and operation of a toll-free telephone hotline. The clearinghouse shall distribute information to local law enforcement agencies, school districts, the department of children, youth…

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Wash. Rev. Code § 13.60.020

Entry of information on missing children or endangered persons into missing person computer network—Access

Local law enforcement agencies shall file an official missing person report and enter biographical information into the state missing person computerized network within six hours after notification of a missing child or endangered person is received under *RCW 13.32A.050(1) (a), (c), or (d), or an endangered missing pe…

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Technology & Telecommunications

Wash. Rev. Code § 13.60.030

Information and education regarding missing children—Plan

The superintendent of public instruction shall meet semiannually with the Washington state patrol to develop a coordinated plan for the distribution of information and education of teachers and students in the school districts of the state regarding the missing children problem in the state. The superintendent of publi…

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Wash. Rev. Code § 13.60.040

Children receiving services from department of children, youth, and families—Reporting by the department—Notification of child's whereabouts

The department of children, youth, and families shall develop a procedure for reporting missing children information to the missing children clearinghouse on children who are receiving departmental services in each of its administrative regions. The purpose of this procedure is to link parents to missing children. When…

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Government Administration

Wash. Rev. Code § 13.60.050

Endangered missing person advisory plan

Within existing resources, the Washington state patrol shall develop and implement a plan, commonly known as an "endangered missing person advisory plan," for voluntary cooperation between local, state, tribal, and other law enforcement agencies, state government agencies, radio and television stations, and cable and s…

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Wash. Rev. Code § 13.60.100

Task force on missing and exploited children—Findings, intent

The legislature finds a compelling need to address the problem of missing children, whether those children have been abducted by a stranger, are missing due to custodial interference, or are classified as runaways. Washington state ranks twelfth in the nation for active cases of missing juveniles and, at any given time…

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Wash. Rev. Code § 13.60.110

Task force on missing and exploited children—Establishment—Activities

(1) A task force on missing and exploited children is established in the Washington state patrol. The task force shall be under the direction of the chief of the state patrol.(2) The task force is authorized to assist law enforcement agencies, upon request, in cases involving missing or exploited children by:(a) Direct…

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