# Family Law (GFL)

## Title 9. Child Custody and Visitation

### Subtitle 4. Missing Children

#### Section 9-401

(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) "Law enforcement agency" means a State, county, or municipal police department or agency, or a sheriff's department.

(c) "Missing child" means a person who is:

  (1) under the age of 18 years; and

  (2) the subject of a missing persons report filed with a law enforcement agency in this State and whose whereabouts are unknown.

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Md. Code Ann., Fam. Law (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)