yourstate.us
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 22A, § 2

Central register; included information

Massachusetts · Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 22A — Missing Persons · Status: effective

Get this as JSONEmbed this
Cite this
Citation
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 22A, § 2, Central register; included information, Massachusetts, version 1 as recorded 2026-09-28, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/1541189
Permanent ID
ys:prov:1541189@1
SHA-256
cfb0729880afba42a8cfeb9968aa6c8c03ef09901269f155d05280e7cdbe3963

The hash is SHA-256 of this version's text, with every run of whitespace collapsed to a single space and the ends trimmed. The ID always leads back here, and checking it says whether the text you cited is still the current version.

Full text

Section 2. The director, in consultation with the colonel of state police, through electronic data processing and related procedures, shall establish a statewide central register containing all necessary and available identifying information of a missing child in the commonwealth. The register shall include the same information required by 42 U.S.C. section 5780 and may include: (i) the missing child's identifying marks; (ii) prosthetics or surgical implants; (iii) a photograph; (iv) a description of the missing child's clothing; (v) items that might be with the missing child; (vi) reasons why the reporting person believes that the child is missing; (vii) circumstances that indicate the disappearance was involuntary; (viii) circumstances that indicate the missing child may be at risk of injury or death; (ix) the means of transportation of the missing person; (x) the missing child's fingerprints; and (xi) the missing child's blood type. The director may use existing data processing and data communications systems of the criminal justice information system.