Sec. 5. If a child in need of services is a missing child and is taken into custody under a court order, the person taking the child into custody shall do the following:

(1) Take the child to a place designated in the order.

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(2) Give notice to the following that the child has been taken into custody:

(A) The child’s legal custodian.

(B) The clearinghouse for information on missing children, missing veterans at risk, and missing endangered adults established by IC 10-13-5.

[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-4-4(f).]

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.2-2003, SEC.75; P.L.43-2009, SEC.19; P.L.40-2024, SEC.27.