{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-22a-2","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 22A, § 2","heading":"Central register; included information","body":"Section 2. The director, in consultation with the colonel of state police, through electronic data processing and related procedures, shall establish a statewide central register containing all necessary and available identifying information of a missing child in the commonwealth. The register shall include the same information required by 42 U.S.C. section 5780 and may include: (i) the missing child's identifying marks; (ii) prosthetics or surgical implants; (iii) a photograph; (iv) a description of the missing child's clothing; (v) items that might be with the missing child; (vi) reasons why the reporting person believes that the child is missing; (vii) circumstances that indicate the disappearance was involuntary; (viii) circumstances that indicate the missing child may be at risk of injury or death; (ix) the means of transportation of the missing person; (x) the missing child's fingerprints; and (xi) the missing child's blood type. The director may use existing data processing and data communications systems of the criminal justice information system.","path":["Part I","Title II","Chapter 22A"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleII/Chapter22A/Section2","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:20:03Z","sha256":"cfb0729880afba42a8cfeb9968aa6c8c03ef09901269f155d05280e7cdbe3963","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-22a-1","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-22a-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}