PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

A person on the sex-offender registry must keep their registration up to date for a set time, not counting any time spent in jail, prison, or civil confinement, unless they get a shorter period. The normal 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. Some offenders can shorten that time if they keep a clean record and meet conditions. They must have no convictions for crimes that could carry more than 1 year in jail, no new sex-offense convictions, finish any supervised release, probation, or parole, and complete a sex-offender treatment program certified by the state or the Attorney General. For a tier I offender, keeping a clean record for 10 years cuts the requirement by 5 years. For a tier III offender who was adjudicated delinquent as a youth for the offense that required registration, keeping a clean record for 25 years changes the life requirement to that 25-year period.

Title 34, §20915

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(a)Full registration period

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)Reduced period for clean record

(1)Clean record

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 an appropriate sex offender treatment program certified by a jurisdiction or by the Attorney General.

(2)Period

In the case of

(A)

(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)Reduction

In the case of

(A)

(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.

§20915 Duration of Registration Requirement