{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-35-1-18","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 35-1-18","heading":"Prohibition on minimum waiting periods for initiating missing person report.","body":"No law enforcement agency shall implement a policy or practice which mandates a minimum waiting period before initiating a missing person report with such agency; provided, however, that it shall remain within the discretion of the law enforcement agency to determine what action, if any, is required in response to such a report.","path":["TITLE 35 Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies","CHAPTER 1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.35.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"b835b1c0b7831d787b7d27f99274c77fa46e26a3bc632fff23fa5e043387293e","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-35-1-17","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-35-1-19"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}