§ 9.07. Harboring, aiding, abetting and/or assisting minor runaways.

(1)

No person shall knowingly allow, permit or board any minor child at his residence, business or other property in his control, where the person knows or should have known the minor child to be a runaway, from his parent, guardian or legal custodian.

(2)

No person shall knowingly assist, aid or abet a runaway child to escape apprehension or flee from his parents or authorities including, but not limited to:

(a)

Provide transportation to such runaway child.

(b)

Provide money, clothing or any other useful instrument to the runaway child to aid the runaway child in escape.

(c)

Obstruct by providing false or untrue information regarding the location or plan of the runaway child.

(d)

Refuse to provide information to law enforcement officers when questioned about the runaway child, which information was known to them at the time and would assist in the apprehension of such runaway child.

(e)

Assist, aid or abet the runaway child in any other way for the purpose of hindering law enforcement officers or the child's parents, guardian or legal custodian from learning the whereabouts of the child.

(3)

This section does not apply to the recipient of a placement by the Juvenile Court intake staff or the Court, providing that the law enforcement agency who originated the runaway child report is informed of such placement. This section does not apply to any person providing temporary shelter to a runaway for the purpose of protecting the runaway from imminent abuse, provided the person does not withhold information about the whereabouts of the runaway if questioned by law enforcement authorities and reports the whereabouts of a known runaway to law enforcement officers as soon as feasible.

(O-21-89)