Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 35. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AGENCIES · Chapter 3. GEORGIA BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION · Article 4. MISSING CHILDREN INFORMATION CENTER

35-3-80. Definitions.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

As used in this article, the term:
(1)
“Missing child” or “missing children” means a person or persons under the age of 18 years whose temporary or permanent residences are in, or are believed to be in, this state and who have been reported as missing to a law enforcement agency and whose location cannot be determined by that law enforcement agency.#
(2)
“Missing child report” means a report prepared on a form designed by the bureau for the use by law enforcement agencies and private citizens to report information about missing children to the Missing Children Information Center.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 35-3-80, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 659, § 1; Ga. L. 1988, p. 667, § 1; Ga. L. 2025, p. 1029, § 35(43)(D)/SB 153, effective July 1, 2025.

Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “bureau” for “Georgia Bureau of Investigation” in paragraph (2).

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