Submission of missing person reports to Center.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-3-240
in effectAny parent, spouse, guardian, legal custodian, public or private agency or entity, or any person responsible for a missing person, may submit a missing person report to the MPIC on any missing child or missing person, regardless of the circumstances, after having first submitted a missing person report on the individual to the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction of the area in which the individual became or is believed to have become missing, regardless of the circumstances. Effect of Amendment The 2010 amendment inserted "or any person responsible for a missing person", and made other nonsubstantive changes.
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