Remarks

Maximum of 250 characters and minimum of 1. No special characters allowed.

If a caution indicator is used in the message key, the reason for the caution must be entered as the first item in the Remarks Field.

Aliases, vehicular data, social security numbers and operators license numbers should not be entered in remarks as the Remarks Field is not a searchable field.

If the entry relates to an entry in another file (vehicles, guns, etc.,) the entries should be cross-referenced in Remarks by system identification number or NIC Number.

Other descriptive information that can be included are:

•      clothing description (size, color, style, laundry labels)

•      shoes (size, color, and style)

•      smoker (pipe, cigar, cigarette, brand)

•      tobacco chewer (brand)

•      fingernails (polish, length, biter)

•      possible destination

•      amount of money in possession

•      medication in possession

•      left handed/right handed

•      explanation/description of scar, mark, tattoos, and physical condition, hair style, etc.

•      conditions under which a juvenile is listed as missing

•      child is missing under suspicious circumstances, and/or child is believed to be in a life-threatening situation

•      missing body parts recovered

In the event of a criminal kidnapping of a juvenile by the noncustodial mother, it is recommended that the mother’s maiden name be entered as a possible alias and the following information be added to the REMARKS field:  CHILD IS MISSING UNDER SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES and/or CHILD IS BELIEVED TO BE IN A LIFE-THREATENTING SITUATION.  The mother’s maiden name should also be entered if it is believed that a runaway juvenile is trying to avoid identification.

A missing person record and any other record should be cross-referenced in the REMARKS field if more than one record pertains to the same case.  For example, the REAMARKS field of two missing persons reported missing from the same scene may include MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY MISSING PERSON-SEE NIC/M123456789, and the other record may contain a similar statement.

An ORI can request notification each time its record is hit, regardless of whether the person’s whereabouts is known.  The entering agency should place NOAH in the REMARKS field for NCIC-formatted messages only.  The same effect is accomplished by using the NOA field in NCIC 2000 formatted messages.

When a missing person record for an individual that was previously identified by partial recovered body parts is left active, the entering agency should list the body parts that were recovered in the REMARKS field.