Washington Revised Code Title 36. Counties § 36.28A.120. State patrol involvement with missing persons systems--Local law enforcement procedures for missing persons information

The Washington state patrol shall establish an interface with local law enforcement and the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs missing persons website, the toll-free twenty-four hour hotline, and national and other statewide missing persons systems or clearinghouses.

Local law enforcement agencies shall file an official missing persons report and enter biographical information into the state missing persons computerized network without delay after notification of a missing person's report is received under this chapter.