53-10-204. Missing person records -- Confidentiality -- Availability.
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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