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This law was first created in 1985. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 259 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1985 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1986, chapter 330; in 2004, chapter 248<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":86283,"section_number":"15.2-1718","catch_line":"Receipt of missing child reports","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1718\/"},{"id":56012,"section_number":"19.2-70.3","catch_line":"Obtaining records concerning electronic communication service or remote computing service","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-70.3\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":237445,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54814,"identifier":"52-32","token":"52\/7\/52-32","url":"\/52-32\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/52-32\/","token":"52\/7\/52-32","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 52-32","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise or it is otherwise specifically provided:\n\t\t“Missing child” means any person who is under the age of 21 years, whose temporary or permanent residence is in Virginia, or is believed to be in Virginia, whose whereabouts are unknown to any parent, guardian, legal custodian or other person standing in loco parentis of the child, and who has been reported as missing to a law<\/span>-enforcement agency within the Commonwealth.\n\t\t“Missing child report<\/span>” means a report prepared in a format prescribed by the Superintendent for use by law<\/span>-enforcement agencies to report missing child information to the Missing Children Information Clearinghouse.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 52-32)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise or it is\notherwise specifically provided:\n\t\t“Missing child” means any person who is under the age of 21 years,\nwhose temporary or permanent residence is in Virginia, or is believed to be in\nVirginia, whose whereabouts are unknown to any parent, guardian, legal custodian\nor other person standing in loco parentis of the child, and who has been\nreported as missing to a law-enforcement agency within the Commonwealth.\n\t\t“Missing child report” means a report prepared in a format\nprescribed by the Superintendent for use by law-enforcement agencies to report\nmissing child information to the Missing Children Information Clearinghouse.\n\nHISTORY: 1985, c. 259; 1986, c. 330; 2004, c. 248.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}