§ 52-34.10 Definitions
As used in this chapter: “Critically missing adult” means an adult, including an adult who has a developmental disability, intellectual disability, or mental illness as those terms are defined in § 37.2-100, 18 years of age or older whose whereabouts are unknown and whose disappearance poses a credible threat as determined by a law-enforcement agency to the health and safety of the adult and under such other circumstances as deemed appropriate by the Virginia State Police. “Critically missing adult alert” means the notice of a critically missing adult provided to the public by the media or other methods under a Critically Missing Adult Alert Agreement. “Critically Missing Adult Alert Agreement” means a voluntary agreement between law-enforcement officials and members of the media whereby an adult will be declared missing, and the public will be notified by media outlets, and includes all other incidental conditions of the partnership as found appropriate by the Virginia State Police. “Critically Missing Adult Alert Program” means the procedures and Critically Missing Adult Alert Agreements to aid in the identification and location of a critically missing adult. “Media” means print, radio, television, and Internet-based communication systems or other methods of communicating information to the public.
History
This law was first created in 2018. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 397 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2022, chapters 394 and 395.
2018, c. 397; 2022, cc. 394, 395.