Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-150.12A
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A. It shall be the duty of any sheriff, chief of police, city
marshal, constable, or any other law enforcement officer,
immediately upon receipt of any report of a missing or runaway
person, to send one copy of such report to the Oklahoma State Bureau
of Investigation and enter such information, when applicable, to the
National Crime Information Center. Within seventy-two (72) hours of
location or discovery of the missing or runaway person, the sheriff,
chief of police, city marshal, constable, or any other law
enforcement officer shall notify the Oklahoma State Bureau of
Investigation and remove the entry from the National Crime
Information Center. Upon location or discovery of the missing or
runaway person, the sheriff, chief of police, city marshal,
constable or any other law enforcement officer shall immediately
make the appropriate entry to the National Crime Information Center
in accordance with NCIC standard operating procedures.
B. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and the Oklahoma
Law Enforcement Telecommunications System shall jointly establish
the procedures and guidelines necessary for enacting and maintaining
an electronic database for missing and runaway persons in the State
of Oklahoma which is compatible with the data collection entry
procedures of the National Crime Information Center. The Oklahoma
State Bureau of Investigation shall establish guidelines for law
enforcement officers concerning the collection and dissemination of
information concerning missing or runaway persons.
C. Whenever a missing or runaway person report regarding a
person born in the State of Oklahoma and under eighteen (18) years
of age is received by a sheriff, chief of police, city marshal,
constable or any other law enforcement officer, and there is reason
to believe that the person is the victim of a family abduction, the
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reporting agency shall notify the Oklahoma State Bureau of
Investigation, the Bureau shall immediately notify the State
Commissioner of Health that the person has been reported to be
missing. The Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
and the State Commissioner of Health shall jointly establish the
procedures and forms necessary for the transmittal of information
between the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and the State
Department of Health required pursuant to the provisions of Section
150.1 et seq. of this title.
D. The Bureau shall establish a program to periodically
publicize the names and pictures of missing children along with a
missing children hot-line number on OETA.
abduction reports - Missing children publicity and hotline.
A. It shall be the duty of any sheriff, chief of police, city
marshal, constable, or any other law enforcement officer,
immediately upon receipt of any report of a missing or runaway
person, to send one copy of such report to the Oklahoma State Bureau
of Investigation and enter such information, when applicable, to the
National Crime Information Center. Within seventy-two (72) hours of
location or discovery of the missing or runaway person, the sheriff,
chief of police, city marshal, constable, or any other law
enforcement officer shall notify the Oklahoma State Bureau of
Investigation and remove the entry from the National Crime
Information Center. Upon location or discovery of the missing or
runaway person, the sheriff, chief of police, city marshal,
constable or any other law enforcement officer shall immediately
make the appropriate entry to the National Crime Information Center
in accordance with NCIC standard operating procedures.
B. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and the Oklahoma
Law Enforcement Telecommunications System shall jointly establish
the procedures and guidelines necessary for enacting and maintaining
an electronic database for missing and runaway persons in the State
of Oklahoma which is compatible with the data collection entry
procedures of the National Crime Information Center. The Oklahoma
State Bureau of Investigation shall establish guidelines for law
enforcement officers concerning the collection and dissemination of
information concerning missing or runaway persons.
C. Whenever a missing or runaway person report regarding a
person born in the State of Oklahoma and under eighteen (18) years
of age is received by a sheriff, chief of police, city marshal,
constable or any other law enforcement officer, and there is reason
to believe that the person is the victim of a family abduction, the
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 299
reporting agency shall notify the Oklahoma State Bureau of
Investigation, the Bureau shall immediately notify the State
Commissioner of Health that the person has been reported to be
missing. The Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
and the State Commissioner of Health shall jointly establish the
procedures and forms necessary for the transmittal of information
between the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and the State
Department of Health required pursuant to the provisions of Section
150.1 et seq. of this title.
D. The Bureau shall establish a program to periodically
publicize the names and pictures of missing children along with a
missing children hot-line number on OETA.
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