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This law was first created in 2018. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 397<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":237519,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79472,"identifier":"52-34.11","token":"52\/7.4\/52-34.11","url":"\/52-34.11\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/52-34.11\/","token":"52\/7.4\/52-34.11","dublin_core":{"Title":"Establishment of the Virginia Critically Missing Adult Alert Program","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 52-34.11","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Virginia State Police shall develop policies for the establishment of uniform standards for the creation of Critically Missing Adult<\/span> Alert<\/span> Programs<\/span> throughout the Commonwealth. The Virginia State Police shall (i) inform local law<\/span>-enforcement officials of the policies and procedures to be used for the Critically Missing Adult<\/span> Alert<\/span> Programs<\/span>; (ii) assist in determining the geographic scope of a particular Critically Missing Adult<\/span> Alert<\/span>; and (iii) establish procedures and standards by which a local law<\/span>-enforcement agency shall verify that an adult is a critically missing adult<\/span> and shall report such information to the Virginia State Police.\n\t\tThe establishment of a Critically Missing Adult<\/span> Alert<\/span> Program<\/span> by a local law<\/span>-enforcement agency and the media<\/span> is voluntary, and nothing in this chapter shall be construed to be a mandate<\/span> that local officials or the media<\/span> establish or participate in a Critically Missing Adult<\/span> Alert<\/span> Program<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nESTABLISHMENT OF THE VIRGINIA CRITICALLY MISSING ADULT ALERT PROGRAM (\u00a7\n52-34.11)\n\nThe Virginia State Police shall develop policies for the establishment of\nuniform standards for the creation of Critically Missing Adult Alert Programs\nthroughout the Commonwealth. The Virginia State Police shall (i) inform local\nlaw-enforcement officials of the policies and procedures to be used for the\nCritically Missing Adult Alert Programs; (ii) assist in determining the\ngeographic scope of a particular Critically Missing Adult Alert; and (iii)\nestablish procedures and standards by which a local law-enforcement agency shall\nverify that an adult is a critically missing adult and shall report such\ninformation to the Virginia State Police.\n\t\tThe establishment of a Critically Missing Adult Alert Program by a local\nlaw-enforcement agency and the media is voluntary, and nothing in this chapter\nshall be construed to be a mandate that local officials or the media establish\nor participate in a Critically Missing Adult Alert Program.\n\nHISTORY: 2018, c. 397.","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}}