44-2-505. Duties of law enforcement authority.

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44-2-505 . Duties of law enforcement authority. Whenever a parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child files a report with a law enforcement authority that the child is missing, the law enforcement authority shall within 2 hours of the report:

(1)inform all on-duty law enforcement officers of the existence of the missing child report;

(2)communicate the report to all other law enforcement authorities having jurisdiction in the county;

(3)enter the missing child report into the national crime information center computer system; and

(4)if the missing child is enrolled in a Montana public school district, request the child's directory photograph from the superintendent of public instruction pursuant to 20-7-1317 . If a directory photograph is available, it must be included with the missing child report.