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This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 19<\/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":237533,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82730,"identifier":"52-34.14","token":"52\/7.5\/52-34.14","url":"\/52-34.14\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/52-34.14\/","token":"52\/7.5\/52-34.14","dublin_core":{"Title":"Establishment of the Virginia Missing Person with Autism Alert Program","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 52-34.14","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 Virginia Missing Person with Autism<\/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 Missing Person with Autism<\/span> Alert<\/span> Programs; (ii) assist in determining the geographic scope of a particular Missing Person with Autism<\/span> Alert<\/span>; and (iii) establish procedures and standards by which a local law<\/span>-enforcement agency shall verify that a person with autism is missing and shall report such information to the Virginia State Police.\n\t\tThe establishment of a Missing Person with Autism<\/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 Missing Person with Autism<\/span> Alert<\/span> Program<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nESTABLISHMENT OF THE VIRGINIA MISSING PERSON WITH AUTISM ALERT PROGRAM (\u00a7\n52-34.14)\n\nThe Virginia State Police shall develop policies for the establishment of\nuniform standards for the creation of Virginia Missing Person with Autism Alert\nPrograms throughout the Commonwealth. The Virginia State Police shall (i) inform\nlocal law-enforcement officials of the policies and procedures to be used for\nthe Missing Person with Autism Alert Programs; (ii) assist in determining the\ngeographic scope of a particular Missing Person with Autism Alert; and (iii)\nestablish procedures and standards by which a local law-enforcement agency shall\nverify that a person with autism is missing and shall report such information to\nthe Virginia State Police.\n\t\tThe establishment of a Missing Person with Autism 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 Missing Person with Autism Alert Program.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, c. 19; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 189.","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}}