Effective - 28 Aug 2003
43.400. Definitions. — As used in sections 43.400 to 43.410, the following terms mean:
(1) "Missing child" or "missing juvenile", any person who is under the age of seventeen years, whose temporary or permanent residence is in the state of Missouri or who is believed to be within the state of Missouri, whose location has not been determined, and who has been reported as missing to a law enforcement agency;
(2) "Missing child report", a report prepared on a standard form supplied by the Missouri state highway patrol for the use by private citizens and law enforcement agencies to report missing children or missing juvenile information to the Missouri state highway patrol;
(3) "Missing person", a person who is missing and meets one of the following characteristics:
(a) Is physically or mentally disabled to the degree that the person is dependent upon an agency or another individual;
(b) Is missing under circumstances indicating that the missing person's safety may be in danger;
(c) Is missing under involuntary or unknown circumstances; subject to the provisions of (a), (b), (d), (e), and (f) of this subsection;
(d) Is a child or juvenile runaway from the residence of a parent, legal guardian, or custodian;
(e) Is a child and is missing under circumstances indicating that the person was or is in the presence of or under the control of a party whose presence or control was or is in violation of a permanent or temporary court order and fourteen or more days have elapsed, during which time the party has failed to file any pleading with the court seeking modification of the permanent or temporary court order;
(f) Is missing under circumstances indicating that the person was or is in the presence of or under the control of a party whose presence or control was or is in violation of a permanent or temporary court order and there are reasonable grounds to believe that the person may be taken outside of the United States;
(4) "Patrol", the Missouri state highway patrol;
(5) "Registrar", the state registrar of vital statistics.
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(L. 1985 H.B. 366, et al. § 5, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1272, et al., A.L. 2003 S.B. 30)
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title V - Military Affairs and Police
Chapter 43 - Highway Patrol, State
Section 43.020 - State highway patrol created.
Section 43.025 - Primary purpose of highway patrol.
Section 43.030 - Superintendent — qualifications, appointment, powers.
Section 43.032 - Federal immigration law enforcement, patrol members to be designated for training.
Section 43.040 - Lieutenant colonel and majors — appointment, qualifications.
Section 43.090 - Clerical force — offices and equipment — radio station.
Section 43.100 - Salaries and expenses for highway work, how paid.
Section 43.110 - Travel expenses of patrol, how paid — fees.
Section 43.130 - Uniforms — allowance to members — vehicles and equipment.
Section 43.140 - Members' oaths.
Section 43.150 - Removal or discipline of members of patrol, procedure.
Section 43.160 - Duties of the patrol on highways.
Section 43.170 - Must stop on signal of member of patrol — penalty.
Section 43.180 - Powers of patrol members — investigation of crime, how paid for.
Section 43.190 - Authority to arrest, pursue violators.
Section 43.195 - Authority to arrest upon reasonable grounds for motor vehicle violations.
Section 43.210 - Person arrested to be dealt with according to law.
Section 43.220 - No authority to exceed duties authorized in this chapter.
Section 43.250 - Law enforcement officers to file accident reports with patrol, when.
Section 43.251 - Report forms — how provided, contents — approval by superintendent.
Section 43.252 - Highway patrol traffic records fund created, moneys to be deposited into fund.
Section 43.270 - Criminal justice network and technology revolving fund, purpose.
Section 43.300 - Division created.
Section 43.310 - Director, appointed by superintendent — responsibility.
Section 43.320 - Assignment of highway patrol members to division — allocation of costs.
Section 43.330 - Duties of director.
Section 43.350 - Division established.
Section 43.360 - Director — appointment, qualification, duties.
Section 43.370 - Personnel, compensation, expenses.
Section 43.380 - Investigations, powers, procedure.
Section 43.402 - Missing persons unit established, duties.
Section 43.403 - Responsibilities of other agencies.
Section 43.405 - False reports, penalty.
Section 43.407 - Birth certificate records of missing children to be flagged at request of patrol.
Section 43.408 - School records of missing children to be flagged at request of patrol.
Section 43.409 - Registrar and school to be notified when missing child is located.
Section 43.507 - Disclosure of criminal history information, who may receive.
Section 43.509 - Rulemaking authority, department of public safety — rulemaking procedure.
Section 43.512 - Charge code manual, publication, use.
Section 43.515 - Rulemaking authority, highway patrol criminal record division.
Section 43.524 - Requests for delayed compliance, how made, when.
Section 43.527 - Payment for records, exceptions.
Section 43.542 - Approval of National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact — execution of compact.
Section 43.544 - Intoxication — related traffic offenses, policies required for forwarding to MULES.
Section 43.545 - Highway patrol to include incidents of domestic violence in reporting system.
Section 43.547 - Gubernatorial appointees, fingerprint background checks required — procedure.
Section 43.550 - Revisor to make certain statutory reference changes.
Section 43.651 - Online identifiers, patrol to make information available, when.
Section 43.653 - Highway patrol to create and supervise — location of lab.