Section 14213 Of Title 12. Violent Crime Information Center From California Penal Code >> Title 12. >> Part 4.
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. (a) When a person reported missing has been found, the
sheriff, chief of police, coroner or medical examiner, or the law
enforcement agency locating the missing person shall immediately
report that information to the Attorney General's office. The
Attorney General's office shall then notify the National Crime
Information Center that the missing person has been found.
(b) When a missing person is found, the report indicating that the
person is found shall be made not later than 24 hours after the
person is found to the law enforcement agency that made the initial
missing person report.
(c) In the event that a missing person is found alive or dead in
less than 24 hours and the local police or sheriff's department has
reason to believe that the person had been abducted, the department
shall submit a report to the center in a format established by the
Attorney General. In the event that a missing person has been found
before he or she has been reported missing to the center, the
information related to the incident shall be submitted to the center.
(d) A law enforcement agency shall not establish or maintain any
policy that requires the removal of a missing person entry from the
center database or the National Crime Information Center database
based solely on the age of the missing person.