** FEATHER ALERT **

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Century Code now codifies the Feather Alert as an urgent message to the public to help locate an indigenous individual who has been abducted or is believed to be at imminent risk of serious bodily injury or death.

This alert serves to address a pressing public safety issue. The U.S. Department of Justice estimates that Native people go missing and are killed at a rate higher than ten times the population they live beside. Learn More

The Feather Alert was introduced and passed in the 2025 legislative session under House Bill 1535 and becomes active August 1, 2025.

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Feather Alert Activation Criteria

The following criteria must be met as defined in Century Code:

  1. The missing OR abducted individual is indigenous
  2. The missing OR abducted adult is 18 years of age or older
  3. The missing OR abducted person is believed to be in grave danger of serious bodily harm or death
  4. There is descriptive information about the adult and/or the abductor, and/or the suspect's vehicle to assist with the safe recovery of the victim and/or the apprehension of the suspect
  5. There is enough usable information to believe an immediate broadcast will provide the public with descriptive information to help locate the adult, the suspect, or the suspect's vehicle