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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