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California Missing Persons Hotline

Agency: DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE - CALIFORNIA MISSING PERSONS

  • Description:

    Offers a toll-free telephone hotline 24/7 to receive information and inquiries regarding missing persons.

    For missing children, works closely with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to aid in locating children who have been abducted and taken out of California or brought into California.

    Provides, free-of-charge, fingerprint cards to agencies for voluntary fingerprinting of children. The impressions are used to aid in locating and identifying missing children.

    • Phone:

    Email: missing.persons@doj.ca.gov
    Website: www.oag.ca.gov/missing

    Program Hours

  • Hours: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year

    • Location(s)

    Program Delivery

    • Eligibility: All citizens are encouraged to call hotline with any information regarding a missing person.
    • Languages: English, Spanish, Cantonese, Chinese, Tagalog
    • Application Process: Telephone call or visit website at www.oag.ca.gov/missing
    • Program Fees: Free
    • Required Documents: Any pertinent identifying information, like pictures of missing persons.

      • Service Area

    • Defined Coverage Area: N/A