{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-5-2-17-1","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 5-2-17-1","heading":"\"High risk missing person\"","body":"Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, \"high risk missing person\" means a person whose whereabouts are not known and who may be at risk of injury or death. The term includes the following:\n(1) A person who is missing as the result of abduction by a stranger.\n(2) A person whose disappearance may be the result of the commission of a crime.\n(3) A person whose disappearance occurred under circumstances that are inherently dangerous.\n(4) A person who is missing for more than thirty (30) days.\n(5) A missing person who is in need of medical attention or prescription medication.\n(6) A missing person who may be at risk due to abduction by a noncustodial parent.\n(7) A missing person who is mentally impaired.\n(8) A missing person who is less than twenty-one (21) years of age.\n(9) A missing person who has previously been the victim of a threat of violence or an act of violence.\n(10) A missing person who has been determined by a law enforcement agency to be:\n(A) at risk of injury or death; or\n(B) a person that meets any of the descriptions in subdivisions (1) through (9).\n(11) A missing person who is an endangered adult (as defined in IC 12-7-2.1-227).\n(12) A missing person who is a veteran at risk (as defined in IC 12-7-2.1-346).","path":["TITLE 5. STATE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION","ARTICLE 2. LAW ENFORCEMENT","Chapter 17. Missing Persons"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_5.html#5-2-17-1","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:11:39Z","sha256":"dcd8741a853e5e3e75fc4a512af23a9985a8d0270d6c197d03abecb59aec8306","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-5-2-15-4","next":"us-in/ic-5-2-17-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}