                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ACTIVATION OF VIRGINIA MISSING PERSON WITH AUTISM ALERT PROGRAM UPON INCIDENT OF
A MISSING PERSON WITH AUTISM (§ 52-34.15)

A. Upon receipt of a notice of a missing person with autism from a
law-enforcement agency, the Virginia State Police shall confirm the accuracy of
the information and provide assistance in the activation of the Missing Person
with Autism Alert Program as the investigation dictates.

B. Missing Person with Autism Alerts may be local, regional, or statewide. The
initial decision to make a local Missing Person with Autism Alert shall be at
the discretion of the local law-enforcement official. Prior to making a local
Missing Person with Autism Alert, the local law-enforcement official shall
confer with the Virginia State Police and provide information regarding the
missing person with autism to the Virginia State Police. The decision to make a
regional or statewide Missing Person with Autism Alert shall be at the
discretion of the Virginia State Police.

C. The Missing Person with Autism Alert shall include such information as the
law-enforcement agency deems appropriate that will assist in the safe recovery
of the missing person with autism.

D. The Missing Person with Autism Alert shall be canceled under the terms of the
Missing Person with Autism Alert Agreement. Any local law-enforcement agency
that locates a missing person with autism who is the subject of an alert shall
notify the Virginia State Police immediately that the missing person with autism
has been located.

HISTORY: 2020, c. 19; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 189.