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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="9-403" title_number="9" title_name="Child Custody and Visitation" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Missing Children">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a State Clearinghouse for Missing Children operated by the Department of State Police that is responsible for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the receipt, collection, and distribution of general information and annual statistics regarding missing children; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>coordination of law enforcement agencies and other interested persons or groups within and outside the State regarding information on children who have disappeared from, or are thought to be located in, Maryland.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>For children who have disappeared from or are thought to be located in the State, the State Clearinghouse for Missing Children:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>shall publish:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the names of and relevant available information on missing children; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>annual statistics regarding missing children; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>may establish and maintain a list of organizations and groups that provide volunteer search teams or resources relating to missing children.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Secretary of State Police may develop, in cooperation with local law enforcement agencies, a plan for voluntary fingerprinting programs for children.</text>
  </level>
</section>
