US CODE: Title 42,5772. Definitions

TITLE 42 > CHAPTER 72 > SUBCHAPTER IV > § 5772

§ 5772. Definitions

For the purpose of this subchapter—

(1) the term “missing child” means any individual less than 18 years of age whose whereabouts are unknown to such individual’s legal custodian if—

(A) the circumstances surrounding such individual’s disappearance indicate that such individual may possibly have been removed by another from the control of such individual’s legal custodian without such custodian’s consent; or

(B) the circumstances of the case strongly indicate that such individual is likely to be abused or sexually exploited;

(2) the term “Administrator” means the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention; and

(3) the term “Center” means the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

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