Section 43.545

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE

Chapter 43

Effective - 28 Aug 2000, 3 histories, see footnote   (history) 

  *43.545.  Highway patrol to include incidents of domestic violence in crime index. — The state highway patrol shall include in its voluntary system of reporting for compilation in the "Missouri Crime Index" all reported incidents of domestic violence, whether or not an arrest is made. All incidents shall be reported on forms provided by the highway patrol and in a manner prescribed by the patrol. For purposes of this section only, "domestic violence" shall be defined as any dispute arising between spouses, former spouses, persons related by blood or marriage, individuals who are presently residing together or have resided together in the past and persons who have a child in common regardless of whether they have been married or have resided together at any time.

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(L. 1991 H.B. 566, A.L. 1992 H.B. 1471 merged with S.B. 457, A.L. 1996 S.B. 869, A.L. 1999 S.B. 1, et al., A.L. 2000 S.B. 1002 Revision § 479.261 subsec. 2)

*Transferred 2000; formerly § 479.261 subsec. 2