§20915 — Title 34 Navy | U.S. Code

§20915 Duration of registration requirement

Title 34 › Subtitle Subtitle II— - Protection of Children and Other Persons › Chapter CHAPTER 209— - CHILD PROTECTION AND SAFETY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND NOTIFICATION › Part Part A— - Sex Offender Registration and Notification › § 20915

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

A sex offender must keep their registration up to date for the whole required time, except for any time they are in jail, prison, or held under civil commitment. The required times are 15 years for a tier I offender, 25 years for a tier II offender, and for a tier III offender the requirement is for life. A shorter time can be granted if the offender keeps a clean record. That means no convictions for crimes punishable by more than 1 year, no new sex offenses, successful completion of supervised release, probation, or parole, and finishing a certified sex-offender treatment program. A tier I offender who meets these rules gets 5 years taken off. A tier III offender who was adjudicated delinquent can have the life requirement changed to 25 years if they meet the clean-record rules.

Title 34, §20915

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(a)A sex offender shall keep the registration current for the full registration period (excluding any time the sex offender is in custody or civilly committed) unless the offender is allowed a reduction under subsection (b). The full registration period is—

(1)15 years, if the offender is a tier I sex offender;

(2)25 years, if the offender is a tier II sex offender; and

(3)the life of the offender, if the offender is a tier III sex offender.

(b)(1)The full registration period shall be reduced as described in paragraph (3) for a sex offender who maintains a clean record for the period described in paragraph (2) by—

(A)not being convicted of any offense for which imprisonment for more than 1 year may be imposed;

(B)not being convicted of any sex offense;

(C)successfully completing any periods of supervised release, probation, and parole; and

(D)successfully completing of 11 So in original. The word “of” probably should not appear. an appropriate sex offender treatment program certified by a jurisdiction or by the Attorney General.

(2)In the case of—

(A)a tier I sex offender, the period during which the clean record shall be maintained is 10 years; and

(B)a tier III sex offender adjudicated delinquent for the offense which required registration in a sex registry under this subchapter, the period during which the clean record shall be maintained is 25 years.

(3)In the case of—

(A)a tier I sex offender, the reduction is 5 years;

(B)a tier III sex offender adjudicated delinquent, the reduction is from life to that period for which the clean record under paragraph (2) is maintained.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This subchapter, referred to in subsec. (b)(2)(B), was in the original “this title”, meaning title I of Pub. L. 109–248, July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 590, known as the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act. For complete classification of title I to the Code, see

Short Title

of 2006 Act note set out under section 10101 of this title and Tables. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 16915 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.