Issuance of warrants
Compiled text through Jul 31, 2022
Register checked through Jul 29, 2026
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Dates and status
- Compiling agency
- Executive Department
- Text status
- Source receipt
- Compiled text through
- Jul 31, 2022
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
- Activity status
- No later Register activity identified in this check.
- Source snapshot
- Jun 6, 2026
(a)A warrant on such forms as may be developed or revised by the division, shall be issued on:
(1)an adjudicated juvenile delinquent who is under the care and custody of the Division for Youth;
(2)an adjudicated person in need of supervision (PINS) who is under the care and custody of the Division for Youth;
(3)a youth who has been placed with the Division for Youth and whom the Division for Youth has replaced in an authorized agency; and
(4)a youth who has been placed in a the jurisdiction of the Division for Youth for replacement in an authorized agency, pursuant to Family Court order. (Please note, for these cases only, notwithstanding anything in this Part to the contrary, Division for Youth responsibility shall be limited to the issuance of warrants only. The authorized agency is responsible for facilitating return to program once an AWOL youth has been found.)
(b)A warrant shall not be issued on:
(1)a youth who has come to the Division for Youth as a voluntary referral (in such cases, he program or facility director must notify the responsible youth service team, parents, police and any known probation officer by phone within four hours, and in writing within 24 business hours, of the AWOL); and
(2)a youth who is placed with or transferred to Division for Youth as a condition of probation (COP) and/or as a youthful offender (in such cases, the program or facility director must notify the responsible youth service team, parents, police and probation officer by phone within four hours, and in writing within 24 business hours).