§ 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