Subdivision 1. Distribution. The commissioner shall distribute a missing persons bulletin to local law enforcement agencies, county attorneys, and, in the case of missing children, to public and nonpublic schools. The commissioner shall also make this information accessible to other parties involved in efforts to locate missing children and endangered persons and to other persons as the commissioner considers appropriate.
Subd. 2. Photograph. Local agencies shall obtain the most recent photograph available for missing children and endangered persons and forward those photographs to the commissioner. The commissioner shall include these photographs, as they become available, in the bulletins.
Subd. 3. Included with mailing. State and local elected officials and agencies may enclose in their mailings information regarding missing children and endangered persons obtained from law enforcement agencies or from any organization that is recognized as a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization under state or federal law and has an ongoing missing children and endangered persons program. Elected officials and commissioners of state agencies are urged to develop policies to enclose missing children and endangered persons information in mailings when it will not increase postage costs and is otherwise considered appropriate.
Subd. 3a. Collection of data. Identifying information on missing children and endangered persons entered into the NCIC computer regarding cases that are still active at the time the missing persons bulletin is compiled may be included in the bulletin.
Subd. 4. Data classification. The information included in the missing children bulletin is public data as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 15.
1991 c 285 s 7; 1993 c 326 art 10 s 9; 2009 c 38 s 5-8; 2014 c 275 art 1 s 101
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 299A - 299N — Public Safety
Chapter 299C — Bureau Of Criminal Apprehension
Section 299C.01 — Criminal Bureau.
Section 299C.03 — Superintendent; Rules.
Section 299C.05 — Crime Data Collection.
Section 299C.06 — Division Powers And Duties; Cooperation.
Section 299C.063 — Bomb Disposal Expense Reimbursement.
Section 299C.065 — Undercover Buy Fund; Witness And Victim Protection.
Section 299C.066 — Crime Information Reward Fund.
Section 299C.07 — Restoration Or Disposal Of Stolen Property.
Section 299C.08 — Oath Of Superintendent And Employees.
Section 299C.09 — System For Identifying Criminals; Record, Index.
Section 299C.091 — Criminal Gang Investigative Data System.
Section 299C.093 — Database Of Registered Predatory Offenders.
Section 299C.095 — System For Identifying Juvenile Offenders.
Section 299C.10 — Identification Data Required.
Section 299C.105 — Dna Data Required.
Section 299C.106 — Sexual Assault Examination Kit Handling.
Section 299C.11 — Identification Data Furnished To Bureau.
Section 299C.111 — Suspense File Reporting.
Section 299C.115 — Warrant Information Provided To State.
Section 299C.12 — Record Kept By Peace Officer; Report.
Section 299C.13 — Information Furnished To Peace Officer.
Section 299C.14 — Information On Released Prisoner.
Section 299C.145 — Distinctive Physical Mark Identification System.
Section 299C.15 — Cooperation; Criminal Identification Organizations.
Section 299C.155 — Standardized Evidence Collection; Dna Analysis.
Section 299C.157 — Forensic Laboratories; Accreditation.
Section 299C.16 — Information Broadcast To Peace Officers.
Section 299C.17 — Report By Court Administrator.
Section 299C.18 — Bureau Operations Report.
Section 299C.21 — Penalty On Local Officer Refusing Information.
Section 299C.22 — Security Guard; Discharge Of Firearm; Report.
Section 299C.23 — Continuing Education Fee; Appropriation.
Section 299C.25 — Scrap Metal Dealers; Educational Materials.
Section 299C.35 — Bureau To Broadcast Criminal Information.
Section 299C.37 — Police Communication Equipment; Use, Sale.
Section 299C.38 — Priority Of Police Communications; Misdemeanor.
Section 299C.40 — Comprehensive Incident-based Reporting System.
Section 299C.405 — Subscription Service.
Section 299C.46 — Criminal Justice Data Communications Network.
Section 299C.48 — Connection By Authorized Agency; Fee, Appropriation.
Section 299C.50 — Transfer Of Functions.
Section 299C.52 — Minnesota Missing Children And Endangered Persons Program.
Section 299C.53 — Missing Persons Report; Duties Of Commissioner And Law Enforcement Agencies.
Section 299C.535 — Request For Additional Information On Missing Person.
Section 299C.54 — Missing Children Bulletin.
Section 299C.56 — Release Of Medical Data.
Section 299C.565 — Missing Person Report.
Section 299C.5655 — Missing Persons; Standardized Reports And Procedures.
Section 299C.582 — Powers With Relation To Compact.
Section 299C.61 — Definitions.
Section 299C.62 — Background Check.
Section 299C.63 — Exception; Other Laws.
Section 299C.64 — Bureau Immunity.
Section 299C.65 — Information Advisory Group.
Section 299C.67 — Definitions.
Section 299C.68 — Background Check On Residential Building Manager.
Section 299C.69 — Owner Duties If Manager Convicted Of Crime.
Section 299C.71 — Bureau Immunity.
Section 299C.72 — Minnesota Criminal History Checks.
Section 299C.75 — Background Checks; Indian Tribes.
Section 299C.76 — Background Check; Access To Federal Tax Information.
Section 299C.80 — Independent Use Of Force Investigations Unit.