28 CFR § 81.5 - Definitions.

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title: "28 CFR § 81.5 - Definitions."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "81.5"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
part_number: "81"
part_name: "CHILD ABUSE AND CHILD PORNOGRAPHY REPORTING DESIGNATIONS AND PROCEDURES, AND CHILD PORNOGRAPHY VICTIMS RESERVE"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "28 U.S.C. 509, 510; 42 U.S.C. 13031, 13032."
regulatory_source: "Order No. 2009-96, 61 FR 7706, Feb. 29, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
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# 81.5 Definitions.

*Local child protective services agency* means that agency of the federal government, of a state, of a tribe or of a local government that has the primary responsibility for child protection within a particular portion of the federal lands, a particular federally operated facility, or a particular federally contracted facility in which children are cared for or reside.

*Local law enforcement agency* means that federal, state, tribal or local law enforcement agency that has the primary responsibility for the investigation of an instance of alleged child abuse occurring within a particular portion of the federal lands, a particular federally operated facility, or a particular federally contracted facility in which children are cared for or reside.