Missouri Revised Statutes













Chapter 570

Robbery, Stealing and Related Offenses

←570.220

Section 570.222.1

570.223→

August 28, 2015

Until December 31, 2016--Identity theft--rights of victims--definition--incident reports, discretion of law enforcement not affected.

570.222. 1. Notwithstanding that jurisdiction may lie elsewhere for

investigation and prosecution of a crime of identity theft, victims of

identity theft have the right to contact the local law enforcement agency

where the victim is domiciled and request that an incident report about the

identity theft be prepared and filed. The victim may also request from the

local law enforcement agency to receive a copy of the incident report. The

law enforcement agency may share the incident report with law enforcement

agencies located in other jurisdictions.



2. As used in this section, "incident report" means a loss or other

similar report prepared and filed by a local law enforcement agency.



3. Nothing in this section shall interfere with the discretion of a local

law enforcement agency to allocate resources for investigations of crimes or

to provide an incident report as permitted in this section. An incident

report prepared and filed under this section shall not be an open case for

purposes of compiling open case statistics.



(L. 2008 H.B. 1384 and H.B. 2157)



Transferred 2014; now 595.232; Effective 1-01-17







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