{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-15-3d-10","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 15-3D-10","heading":"Unresolved missing persons complaints.","body":"(a) Law enforcement agencies shall permanently retain and shall not destroy unresolved missing persons complaint records and evidence.\n(b) Law enforcement agencies may follow the state’s existing record-retention schedules for resolved missing persons complaints.\n(c) Law-enforcement agencies shall digitize active and unresolved missing persons complaint files, ensuring that all related documentation and evidence are scanned, uploaded, or otherwise preserved in a secure, searchable digital format. Physical and biological evidence shall be retained permanently by the lead law-enforcement agency or the West Virginia State Police pursuant to the policies of the law-enforcement agency.\n(d) All documentation related to an unresolved missing persons complaint shall be transmitted to the West Virginia Fusion Center by the lead law-enforcement agency. The West Virginia Fusion Center shall retain the documentation until it is provided notice by the lead law-enforcement agency or the West Virginia State Police that the person has been located or the complaint has been resolved.","path":["CHAPTER 15. PUBLIC SAFETY.","ARTICLE 3D. WEST VIRGINIA'S MISSING PERSON'S ACT."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/15-3D-10/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:22:47Z","sha256":"0667e32171ec5569dfdb3fea1fef9e918e2fc3883663178aee4357a80cb33db1","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-15-3d-9","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-15-3e-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}