Title 34 — NavyRelease 119-73

§20941 Federal assistance with respect to violations of registration requirements

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 B— - Improving Federal Criminal Law Enforcement To Ensure Sex Offender Compliance With Registration and Notification Requirements and Protection of Children From Violent Predators › § 20941

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Attorney General must help find and arrest sex offenders who don't register using federal law enforcement; they count as fugitives and funds were authorized as needed for fiscal years 2007–2009.

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Title 34, §20941

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(a)The Attorney General shall use the resources of Federal law enforcement, including the United States Marshals Service, to assist jurisdictions in locating and apprehending sex offenders who violate sex offender registration requirements. For the purposes of section 566(e)(1)(B) of title 28, a sex offender who violates a sex offender registration requirement shall be deemed a fugitive.

(b)There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2007 through 2009 to implement this section.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 16941 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

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34 U.S.C. § 20941

Title 34 — Navy

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73