SF0114

Requires Wyoming law enforcement agencies to accept reports of missing persons and establishes procedures for reporting, database entry, and information sharing.

• Requires each Wyoming law enforcement agency to accept any credible missing person report without delay, except when the agency knows the person's location, confirms their safe status, or meets other specified exceptions including lack of reasonable concern, suspicion of lawful flight or harassment-related disappearance, or other articulable extenuating circumstances. (W.S. 7-2-109(a))
• Establishes that the law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the most recent verifiable location of the missing person has primary responsibility for the report, or if no verifiable location exists, the agency with jurisdiction over the last known residential address; does not prevent other agencies from accepting reports. (W.S. 7-2-109(b))
• Requires all accepted missing person reports to be entered into relevant national, regional, and state databases no later than eight hours after receipt of the report and all required information. (W.S. 7-2-109(c))
• Mandates that if a missing person is not located within 30 days, the accepting law enforcement agency must compile a complete and accurate record including a photograph if available and forward it to the attorney general and division of criminal investigation for inclusion in the statewide clearinghouse database. (W.S. 7-2-109(d))
• Authorizes the division of criminal investigation to make publicly available information about ongoing missing person investigations, including reports submitted under the new statute, to aid investigation and recovery or when in the public interest. (W.S. 9-1-624(a)(v)(B))

Effective: July 1, 2025

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