The purpose of the missing persons clearinghouse is to serve as a repository. The clearinghouse does not relieve the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over a missing person case of the agency's investigatory duties and does not automatically involve the Division of Criminal Investigation as the primary investigatory agency in any case.
S.D. Codified Laws § 23-3-18.7
Missing person clearinghouse--Purpose
Source: SL 2020, ch 90, § 5.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.