C.R.S.
Section 16-2.7-102
Missing person reports
- acceptance
(1)
Any person with relevant, credible information suggesting that a person is missing may make a missing person report to a law enforcement agency.(2)
A law enforcement agency shall accept without delay a missing person report that is submitted in person if:(a)
The missing person resides, or was last known to reside, in Colorado; or(b)
There is credible information indicating that the missing person was last believed to be in Colorado.(3)
Each law enforcement agency shall accept a missing person report submitted by telephone or by electronic or other media if:(a)
The report meets the conditions of subsection (2)(a) or (2)(b) of this section; and(b)
Acceptance of the report by telephone or by electronic or other media is consistent with the law enforcement agency’s policies or practices.(4)
A law enforcement agency shall not refuse to accept a missing person report on the basis that the missing person has not yet been missing for any length of time.(5)
Notwithstanding the requirements in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, a law enforcement agency is not required to accept a missing person report if:(a)
The person is the subject of a missing person report under investigation by another law enforcement agency within this state or another law enforcement agency has indicated that it intends to accept a missing person report for the person;(b)
The law enforcement agency knows the location of the person reported missing or the agency can confirm the safe status of the person;(c)
The individual reporting a person as missing is unable to articulate a bonafide relationship with the person or a legitimate rationale for concern;(d)
The law enforcement agency suspects, and can articulate, that the person reported as missing is being sought for reasons of harassment, stalking, retaliation, court testimony, debt collection, or any action in defiance of a protection order; or(e)
Any other articulable extenuating circumstance not inconsistent with this section exists that makes accepting the report impractical or unreasonable and the law enforcement agency documents the circumstance.
Source:
Section 16-2.7-102 — Missing person reports - acceptance, https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-16.pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).
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