---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 81.12"
title: "28"
number: "81.12"
heading: "Submission of reports to the “Cyber Tipline” at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/81.12"
---

# §81.12. Submission of reports to the “Cyber Tipline” at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

- (a) When a provider of electronic communications services or remote computing services to the public (“provider”) obtains knowledge of facts or circumstances concerning an apparent violation of Federal child pornography statutes designated by [42 U.S.C. 13032(b)(1)](/usc/42/13032.md?p=b-1), it shall, as soon as reasonably possible, report all such facts or circumstances to the “Cyber Tipline” at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Web site (http://www.CyberTipline.com), which contains a reporting form for use by providers.
- (b) A provider should initially call the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to receive an identification number and a password that will enable it to log on to the section of the “Cyber Tipline” that is designed for provider reporting.

## Notes

### Source

Source: Order No. 2692-2003, 68 FR 62372, Nov. 4, 2003, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 28 U.S.C. 509, 510; 42 U.S.C. 13031, 13032.

### Source

Source: Order No. 2009-96, 61 FR 7706, Feb. 29, 1996, unless otherwise noted.