75-712b. Same; missing and unidentified person system; reporting; availability of information; rules and regulations; failure to report. (a) The Kansas bureau of investigation shall establish a missing and unidentified person system which shall be a central repository of information received by law enforcement agencies and coroners in this state relating to persons who have been reported missing or are unidentified. Such information shall be maintained for the purpose of improving the ability of law enforcement to locate and return missing persons, identify persons or human remains and inform and notify, in a timely manner, family members of missing or unidentified persons.
(b) All law enforcement agencies and coroners in this state shall report to the missing and unidentified person system established pursuant to this section all information received relating to missing persons or unidentified persons or human remains. Such reports shall be made in accordance with rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this section.
(c) The information in the missing and unidentified person system established pursuant to this section shall be available to all law enforcement officers and coroners in this state and all governmental entities in this state which have a need for information relating to missing persons or unidentified persons or human remains in this state, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this section.
(d) Upon receiving information that any person is a high-risk missing person, as described in K.S.A. 75-712c, and amendments thereto, the director of the missing and unidentified person system shall immediately provide information concerning such missing person to every law enforcement agency within the state.
(e) The director of the Kansas bureau of investigation may apply for, accept and expend grants, gifts and bequests from any source for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section.
(f) The director of the Kansas bureau of investigation shall adopt rules and regulations prescribing:
(1) Procedures and forms for reports made to the missing and unidentified person system established pursuant to this section; and
(2) procedures for disseminating information maintained in the missing person system to law enforcement agencies and the federal bureau of investigation as authorized by this section.
(g) Any law enforcement agency or coroner that willfully fails to make any report required by this section shall be liable to the state for the payment of a civil penalty, recoverable in an action brought by the attorney general, in an amount not exceeding $500 for each report not made. Any civil penalty recovered under this subsection shall be paid into the state general fund.
History: L. 1984, ch. 115, § 3; L. 1987, ch. 331, § 2; L. 2006, ch. 37, § 1; L. 2013, ch. 43, § 1; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees
75-702 Duties and responsibilities; authority to prosecute and defend.
75-703 Prosecution on official bonds or contracts; civil and criminal actions.
75-704 Aid to county attorneys; opinions.
75-704a Opinions; filing requirements; headings; synopsis.
75-705 Drafts for contracts, forms and writings; reports to legislature.
75-705a State board of education defined.
75-706 Payments of moneys into treasury.
75-708 Performance of other duties required by law.
75-709 Accounting for fees and moneys.
75-710 Assistants and employees; powers and duties.
75-711 Kansas bureau of investigation; establishment; director and other personnel.
75-712c Same; reports of missing persons; duties of law enforcement agencies.
75-712d Same; missing and unidentified person information clearinghouse.
75-712e Purchase of insurance for aircraft owned by Kansas bureau of investigation authorized.
75-712f Report of missing person required, when; notice of person's return.
75-716 Authorized uses of moneys in attorney general's antitrust special revenue fund.
75-721 Statewide drug abuse resistance education (D.A.R.E.) coordinator; duties.
75-722 Kansas bureau of investigation; consultation concerning drug trends; report to legislature.
75-724 DNA database fee; DNA database fee fund; expenditures.
75-725 Medicaid fraud and abuse division in the office of the attorney general.
75-726 Access to records by the attorney general.
75-727 Payment of reward for persons providing certain information.
75-752 Authorizing transfers between certain funds of the attorney general.
75-753 Complaints regarding Kansas open records act and Kansas open meetings act; duties.
75-754 Kansas silver alert plan; purpose and procedure.
75-756 Authorizing coordination of training regarding human trafficking.
75-757 Human trafficking advisory board.
75-758 Human trafficking victim assistance fund established; expenditures.
75-760 Attorney general's open government fund; distribution.
75-761 Training programs established by attorney general; open meetings act; open records act.
75-762 Rules and regulations to implement provisions of the open records act and open meetings act.
75-763 Rules and regulations for skill development training for school misconduct.
75-765 Fraud and abuse criminal prosecution fund; deposits and expenditures.
75-766 Public policy concerning prosecuting attorneys; authorizing certain agreements.
75-768 Postconviction case briefs required to be served on and approved by attorney general.
75-769 Legal representation charges to state agencies for legal services.
75-772 Kansas youth suicide prevention coordinator; duties.
75-773 Crime victims compensation division in the office of the attorney general.
75-775 Kansas fights addiction act; citation of act.
75-779 Same; responsibility for costs, expenses and attorney fees arising from opioid litigation.
75-781 Same; Kansas fights addiction grant review board report on activities.