Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-1990.5
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Activation of silver alert procedure - Procedure
Official statutory text
A. A silver alert shall be activated if a local law enforcement
agency:
1. Receives notice of a missing senior citizen;
2. Verifies that at the time the senior citizen is reported
missing:
a. the person reported missing is sixty (60) years of age
or older,
b. the location of the senior citizen is unknown, or
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c. the senior citizen has dementia or other cognitive
impairment;
3. Determines that the disappearance of the senior citizen
poses a credible threat to the health and safety of the senior
citizen; and
4. Determines that information which may assist in the safe
recovery of the missing senior citizen is available.
B. The local law enforcement agency shall:
1. Require the family or legal guardian of the missing senior
citizen to provide documentation of the impaired mental condition of
the senior citizen;
2. Determine identifying information about the missing senior
citizen and any other information which might be useful to the
general public in the safe recovery of the missing senior citizen;
and
3. Report the individual through the national crime information
center immediately upon the issuance of a silver alert.
agency:
1. Receives notice of a missing senior citizen;
2. Verifies that at the time the senior citizen is reported
missing:
a. the person reported missing is sixty (60) years of age
or older,
b. the location of the senior citizen is unknown, or
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c. the senior citizen has dementia or other cognitive
impairment;
3. Determines that the disappearance of the senior citizen
poses a credible threat to the health and safety of the senior
citizen; and
4. Determines that information which may assist in the safe
recovery of the missing senior citizen is available.
B. The local law enforcement agency shall:
1. Require the family or legal guardian of the missing senior
citizen to provide documentation of the impaired mental condition of
the senior citizen;
2. Determine identifying information about the missing senior
citizen and any other information which might be useful to the
general public in the safe recovery of the missing senior citizen;
and
3. Report the individual through the national crime information
center immediately upon the issuance of a silver alert.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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