Information Center entries - Procedures and guidelines - Family abduction reports - Missing children publicity and hotline. A. It shall be the duty of any sheriff, chief of police, city marshal, constable, or any other law enforcement officer, immediately upon receipt of any report of a missing or runaway person, to send one copy of such report to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and enter such information, when applicable, to the National Crime Information Center. Within seventy-two (72) hours of location or discovery of the missing or runaway person, the sheriff, chief of police, city marshal, constable, or any other law enforcement officer shall notify the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and remove the entry from the National Crime Information Center. Upon location or discovery of the missing or runaway person, the sheriff, chief of police, city marshal, constable or any other law enforcement officer shall immediately make the appropriate entry to the National Crime Information Center in accordance with NCIC standard operating procedures. B. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Telecommunications System shall jointly establish the procedures and guidelines necessary for enacting and maintaining an electronic database for missing and runaway persons in the State of Oklahoma which is compatible with the data collection entry procedures of the National Crime Information Center. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation shall establish guidelines for law enforcement officers concerning the collection and dissemination of information concerning missing or runaway persons. C. Whenever a missing or runaway person report regarding a person born in the State of Oklahoma and under eighteen (18) years of age is received by a sheriff, chief of police, city marshal, constable or any other law enforcement officer, and there is reason to believe that the person is the victim of a family abduction, the
reporting agency shall notify the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau shall immediately notify the State Commissioner of Health that the person has been reported to be missing. The Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and the State Commissioner of Health shall jointly establish the procedures and forms necessary for the transmittal of information between the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and the State Department of Health required pursuant to the provisions of Section 150.1 et seq. of this title. D. The Bureau shall establish a program to periodically publicize the names and pictures of missing children along with a missing children hot-line number on OETA. Added by Laws 1983, c. 144, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1983. Amended by Laws 1984, c. 87, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1984; Laws 1985, c. 86, § 3, operative July 1, 1985; Laws 1986, c. 44, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1986; Laws 1996, c. 196, § 3, eff. July 1, 1996.
§74-150.12A-1. Missing and murdered indigenous persons — Office of Liaison for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons. A. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation shall coordinate with the United States Attorney's Office and the United States Department of Justice to coordinate efforts and gather data to address the issue of missing and murdered indigenous persons in the State of Oklahoma. B. The Bureau shall create an Office of Liaison for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons. Any individual hired within the Office shall have significant experience working with tribal communities. Subject to available funding, the Office shall include a missing persons specialist. C. The Office of Liaison for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons shall: 1. Work with state, tribal and federal law enforcement agencies on missing persons and homicide cases involving American Indian individuals; 2. Develop a best practices protocol for law enforcement response to missing persons reports involving American Indian individuals; 3. Assist families, tribal agencies and nongovernmental entities in using the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) and other resources; 4. Provide guidance to victims' families with navigating state and federal district court cases; 5. Coordinate with other state offices including, but not limited to, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, agency tribal liaisons and the Secretary of Native American Affairs to develop training and education on missing and murdered indigenous persons issues and the state-tribal government-to-government relationship;
6. Facilitate trainings for law enforcement and members of the public on issues relating to missing and murdered indigenous persons; and 7. Consult with community organizations that serve indigenous populations to promote community relations and develop best practices. Added by Laws 2021, c. 82, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2021. Amended by Laws 2025, c. 318, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2025.