Civil immunity for Amber alert and silver alert participants

Ind. Code § 10-13-5-8.5, under Chapter 5. Indiana Clearinghouse for Information on Missing Children and Missing Endangered Adults.

Ind. Code § 10-13-5-8.5

Sec. 8.5. (a) A broadcaster or electronic billboard operator that has agreed to participate in the Amber alert program or silver alert program and that: (1) receives an Amber alert notification or a silver alert notification from the department; and (2) broadcasts or displays: (A) a description of the abducted child, missing endangered child, or missing endangered adult contained in the notification; and (B) other information contained in the notification that will assist in locating the child or missing endangered adult; is immune from civil liability based on the broadcast or display of the information received from the department. (b) If: (1) a person enters into an agreement with the department to establish or maintain an Amber alert web site or a silver alert web site; and (2) the agreement provides that only the department has the ability to place information on the web site; the person is immune from civil liability for the information placed on the web site by the department. However, this subsection does not affect the applicability of IC 34-13-3 to the department. As added by P.L.131-2003, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.66-2007, SEC.7; P.L.43-2009, SEC.10; P.L.115-2018, SEC.5.

IC 10-13-5-9 Notification of law enforcement agency of located child Sec. 9. If a missing child is found, the child's parent or legal custodian shall notify the law enforcement agency that received the missing child notification under IC 31-36 (or IC 31-6-13 before its repeal). [Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-7-6.] As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.4.