NRS 432.205 - Duties of law enforcement agency, Clearinghouse, governmental agency and superintendent of schools upon receiving report of missing child.

NV Rev Stat § 432.205 (2019) (N/A)

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1. A law enforcement agency, upon receiving and verifying a report of a missing child, shall immediately transmit the full contents of the report by the fastest means available to the Clearinghouse.

2. The Clearinghouse shall, upon receipt of the report, immediately notify any governmental agency in possession of the birth certificate of the child and the superintendent of schools of the school district in possession of the educational records of the child that the child is missing.

3. Upon receiving such notification, the agency or superintendent shall:

(a) Maintain the birth certificate or educational records in such a manner as to ensure that the Clearinghouse is notified immediately if a request is made for the birth certificate or educational records.

(b) Immediately notify the Clearinghouse upon receiving any such request before releasing the birth certificate or educational records, including notification of the identity and location or address of the person making the request.

(c) Not disclose to the person making the request any communication with the Clearinghouse or the fact that a communication must be made.

(Added to NRS by 1991, 1419; A 1993, 1376; 2015, 856)

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