U.S. Department of Justice
Office Of justice Programs
Bureau of Justice Statistics

Summary of State Sex Offender Registries 

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Devon Adams
BJS Program Manager

Summary of State Sex Offender Registries: 
Alabama Responsible Agencies: Alabama 
Department of Public Safety (DPS) and Alabama 
Criminal Justice Information Center (ACJIC) 
(DPS maintains official record and photo 
and operates the notification program. ACJIC 
maintains all automated files--including 
criminal history files--and submits data to 
the FBI.)

Who is in the Registry?

Covered Offenses:
Covered offenses include:  rape (13A-6-61 
and 13A-6-62 - provided that a sentencing 
court may exempt from this article a juvenile 
or youthful offender criminal sex offender 
for a criminal sex offense as defined in
Section 13A-6-62(a)(1)); sodomy (13A-6-63 
and 13A-6-64); sexual torture (13A-6-65.1); 
sexual abuse in the first and second degree 
(13A-6-66 or 13A-6-67); enticing a child to 
enter a vehicle, room, house, office, or other 
place for immoral purposes (13A6-69); promoting 
prostitution in the first or second degree
(13A-12-111 and 13A-12-112); violation of the 
Alabama Child Pornography Act (13A-12-191, 13A-
12-192, 13A-12-196, or 13A-12-197); kidnaping 
of a minor, except by a parent, in the first 
or second degree (13A-6-43 or 13A-6-44); incest 
when the offender is an adult and the victim 
is a minor (13A-13-3); soliciting a child by 
computer for the purposes of committing a sexual
act and transmitting obscene material to a 
child by computer (13A-6-110 or 13A-6-111); any 
solicitation, attempt, or conspiracy to commit 
any of the above offenses listed and any crime 
committed in any State or a federal, military, 
Indian, or a foreign country jurisdiction, which, 
if it had been committed in Alabama would 
constitute an above covered offense.

Mandated Registrants:
Mandated registrants include all those convicted 
of a covered offense and released to the community 
on or after May 1996, plus those released earlier 
but moving to a new address after May 1996 (and 
thus being required to register for change of 
address).

Duration of Registration:
Lifetime

Offenders in Registry, 2/01:
3,338 in community notification registry

Automation of Sex Offender 
Registries
     
Extent of database automation:     
Partial.  Operation of the database(s) is automated,
as is some transmission.  Most data entry, however, is
manual. The Alabama Department of Public Safety (DPS)
maintains the "official record" and photo of each sex
offender and operates the notification program at the
State level.  The Alabama Criminal Justice Information
Center (ACJIC) maintains the automated files used for
dissemination, submits data to the FBI, and maintains
the State's criminal history files.
     
Database is linked to criminal history files:
Yes.   ACJIC flags the criminal history files of
registered offenders and identifies sex offenders 
on routine ACJIC/NCIC "person inquiries."

SOR transmits electronically to FBI NSOR 
system:
No. 

SOR system has capability for electronic 
transmittal & storage of fingerprints: 
Yes. Alabama Department of Public Safety houses 
the State's AFIS, so it has electronic storage 
and transmission capability for fingerprints.    
     
SOR system has capability for electronic 
transmittal and storage of mugshots: 
No. As of 2/01, AJCIC could not store or transmit
mugshots through its automated system.  Polaroid
snapshots were maintained by the Department of 
Public Safety, and used for flyers or faxed for
identification purposes. 

Operation of Sex Offender Registries

Sources of Initial Information on Offender:
For offenders who are being released from Alabama
prisons, the Department of Corrections (DOC) sends 
an electronic record on the offender and his intended
address to the Alabama Criminal Justice Information
Center (ACJIC).  The DOC also sends the offender's
photo to the Alabama Bureau of Investigation (ABI),
the responsible entity within DPS. ACJIC electronically 
notifies both the local law enforcement agency and 
the district attorney in the jurisdiction where the 
offender plans to reside of the offender's release 
date.  When the offender registers locally, the local 
law enforcement agency sends paper copies
(and fingerprint cards if the offender is moving in
from out-of-state) to ABI and ACJIC.

DNA Sample:
Yes.  Department of Public Safety (DPS) reports that 
a DNA sample is taken from registered sex offenders
"when they can get it."

Validation and Reregistration Procedures:
A.  State SOR Proactively Notifies Registrants:
Yes. DPS sends each offender an annual letter on his
birthday, saying he must go to the local sheriff's
office in person and validate his address or
reregister. Letters sent marked "Not to Be Forwarded"
and the offender's local sheriff also is notified.  If
an offender moves, he must notify the local sheriff at
both his old and new location 30 days in advance of
the move; the sheriff then notifies DPS.  Offenders
moving out-of-state must notify their local sheriff;
the sheriff then notifies DPS, and DPS notifies the
receiving State.

B.  SOR Notification is Automated:
No.

C.  Penalties for Noncompliance:
All violations are a Class C felony, punishable by a 1
to 5 year prison sentence.

Dissemination of Sex Offender 
Registry Information

To Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Agencies:
All Alabama law enforcement or criminal justice
agencies with access to criminal history information
have access to sex offenders information through the
Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center (ACJIC). 
For sexual offenders qualifying for community
notification, the Alabama Department of Public Safety
(DPS) sends a "flier" containing a photo and detailed
information on the offender to the local law
enforcement agency where the offender resides. The
local agency duplicates the flier and mails it to
everyone within a specified geographic area.

To Organizations Serving Children, Elderly, and 
the Mentally Ill:
As of 2/01, the Alabama SOR has no specified
procedures for affirmative notification to schools or
organizations other than the community notification
requirements outlined in the following section. 

Procedures for Public Access:
When an offender qualifies for community notification
(those convicted of rape, sodomy, sexual torture,
sexual abuse, child sexual abuse and incest, when
victim under 18 and offender over 20), fliers with the
offender's photo are mailed to everyone living within
1,000ft. of his home (in cities), 1,500ft. in towns,
and 2,000ft. in rural areas.  Citizens also may review
fliers at local law enforcement agencies.

Internet Website: (include web address and number of
hits per month, if applicable) An Internet website for
the sex offender registry can be found at:
http://www.gsiweb.net/index.html   

Summary of State Sex Offender Registries: Alaska
Responsible Agency: Alaska State Troopers

Who is in the Registry?

Covered Offenses:
The term "sex offense" was changed to include
solicitation, or conspiracy to commit a covered
offense. Covered offenses are sexual assault in the
first, second, or third degree; sexual abuse of a
minor in the first, second or third degree; incest;
unlawful exploitation of a minor; child pornography;
distribution of child pornography; promoting
prostitution in the first degree; kidnaping a victim
under the age of 18 (including attempt, solicitation,
or conspiracy); sexual abuse of a minor in the 4th
degree if: (1) the offender is 18 years of age or
older, (2) the offender engages in sexual contact with
the person, (3) the person is 16 or 17 years of age
and at least 3 years younger than the offender, (4)
the offender occupies a position of authority over the
person; promoting prostitution in the third degree if:
the person who was induced or caused to engage in
prostitution was 16 or 17 years of age at the time of
the offense; indecent exposure in the first degree;
indecent exposure in the second degree if the indecent
exposure is before a person under the age of 16 and
the offender has a previous conviction for that
offense; and the former Alaska law to assault with the
intent to commit rape under former Alaska Statute
11.51.160 (assault with the intent to commit murder,
rape or mayhem). 

Mandated Registrants:
A sex offender or child kidnaper, who is physically
present in the State, shall register.  The sex
offender or child kidnaper shall register (1) for 15
years annually during the term of duty to register and
ends 15 years following the sex offender's or child
kidnaper's unconditional discharge from a conviction
for a single sex offense that is not an aggravated sex
offense or for a single child kidnaping if the sex
offender or child kidnaper has supplied proof that is
acceptable to the department of the unconditional
discharge; (2) for life for those convicted of (a) one
aggravated sex offense; or (b) two or more sex
offenses, two or more child kidnapings, or one sex
offense and one child kidnaping.  Lifetime registrants
must report quarterly.

Duration of Registration:
Offenders convicted of one single conviction for
sexual abuse of a minor in the first degree or sexual
assault in the first degree are added to the list of
offenders required to register for life.  (Sexual
assault in the first and sexual abuse of a minor in
the first degree are classified as "aggravated sex
offenses".)

Offenders in Registry, 2/01:
4,107 in total. Alaska maintains nine categories of
persons required registering.  The categories, and the
number of individuals in each as of 3/2001, are as
follows: (1) Registered sex offenders (formally and
properly registered sexual offenders) 2,256; (2)
Registered sex offenders not in compliance (those
formally registered, but not compliant with their
annual or quarterly verification requirements) 287;
(3) Never registered (offenders reported to be
required to register, but who have never done so)  
223; (4) In jail (a category of sex offenders who are
required to register, but who are in jail in Alaska,
although not necessarily for a sex offense) 724; (5)
Out of state (sex offenders who are required to
register, but who are reported to be out-of-state)  
509; (6) Unknown (sex offenders who are reported to be
required to register and an investigation has been
conducted to locate them with negative results; (7)
Interim (registered sex offenders who have registered
or provided annual or quarterly written verification
but the registration form has not been received by the
Sex Offender Central Registry Office); (8) Anticipated
(sex offenders registered in other States who are
reported to be coming to Alaska); and (9) Moving
(registered sex offenders who have reported they are
moving out of Alaska). In addition to sex offenders
being in these categories, the status of offenders who
have been identified as child kidnapers will be added.


Automation of Sex Offender 
Registries

Extent of database automation:
Partial. The Sex Offender Registration Central
Registry (SORCR) is automatically updated from
Alaska's criminal history files, the offender's
registration period is automatically calculated, 
and some reports are automatically generated. 
Information from the sex offender registry is 
automatically downloaded from SORCR to Alaska's 
Internet website. However, manual entry is required 
to enter information from the registration to the 
mainframe.  

Database is linked to criminal history files:
Yes. The entry of a conviction for a covered offense
into the criminal history system triggers the
offender's entry into SORCR.

SOR transmits electronically to FBI NSOR 
system:
No The Sex Offender Registry software is expected to
be upgraded and will participate in the: (1) National
Sex Offender File; (2) Interstate exchange of Sex
Offender Registration information through NLETS. 

SOR system has capability for electronic 
transmittal & storage of fingerprints:
No, not at the registry where APSIN and SORCR are
maintained. Currently, fingerprints, taken on the FBI
fingerprint card, are mailed to the registry, which
then mails them to the Records and Identification
Bureau for entry into AFIS.

SOR system has capability for electronic 
transmittal and storage of mugshots:
Partial capability exists, but the current system 
does not meet the requirements of the FBI. As of 2/01,
registration photos are mailed to the central registry
where they are scanned into a Polaroid system and
stored in a proprietary electronic file format that
does not comply with national mugshot standards.

Operation of Sex Offender Registries

Source for Initial Information on Offender:
Conviction information is received from the courts in
hard copy.  Corrections facilities "register"
offenders prior to their release and mail the signed
forms and photos (hard copy) to the central registry. 
Offenders under community supervision or under no
supervision register with local police or with State
Troopers who also mail hard copy to the central
repository and registry.

DNA Sample:
No

Validation and Reregistration Procedures: 
A.  State SOR Proactively Notifies Registrants:
The Alaska procedure and requirements for
reregistration (written verification) is revised due
to the new statutes: All registrants will be put in a
group.  For the registrants who must provide quarterly
written verifications (lifetime registrants) there
will be three groups.  Group 1 is January, April, July
and October; Group 2 is February, May, August and
November; and Group 3 is March, June, September and
December.  The person must register sometime between
the first and last day of each month that he is
required to register.  Registration date (month) will
be based on the first date that the individual
registers.  Persons that are required to register
(provide written notification) annually (required to
register for 15 years) will register each year
sometime between the first and last day of the month
they originally registered.  (These procedures will do
away with the date of registration or written
verification being based on a registrant's birthday.) 
Offenders are required to register by the next working
day following their entry into Alaska or any change in
their residential address (including an anticipated
move into another State) or mailing address.   

SOR Notification is Automated:
No

Penalties for Noncompliance:
Failure to Register (FTR) has been classified 
into two crimes: (1) FTR 2nd degree (class A 
misdemeanor): (a.) if the person knowingly fails 
to register; file the written notice of change 
of address; file the annual or quarterly written 
verification; or supply all of the information 
required.  Conviction requires a mandatory minimum 
sentencing of 35 days in jail that cannot be 
suspended.  (2) FTR 1st degree (class C felony): 
(a) if the person violates FTR 2nd degree: 1.
and the person has been previously convicted of
failure to register in the second degree or a law 
or ordinance of this or another jurisdiction with
elements similar to a crime under this section or 
FTR 2nd degree;  2. with intent to escape detection 
or identification and, by escaping detection or
identification, to facilitate the person's commission
of a sex offense or child kidnaping. (The fact that
the defendant, for a period of at least one year,
failed to register as a sex offender or child
kidnaper, failed to file the annual or quarterly
written verification or changed the sex offender's or
child kidnaper's address and did not file the required
notice of change of address, is prima facie evidence
that the defendant intended to escape detection or
identification and move out of the State.)

Dissemination of Sex Offender 
Registry Information

To Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Agencies:
Copies of the lists for 1) registered sex offenders,
2) unregistered sex offenders and 3) noncompliant
registered sex offenders are sent to local police
departments every 2-3 months through the regular mail. 
Procedures are being set up to use e-mail for these
lists.  Dissemination to criminal justice agencies
also occurs through the Alaska Public Safety
Information Network (APSIN). Almost all Alaska
criminal justice agencies have on-line access to
APSIN, and sex offender data/status will be provided
for any "person query."  Agencies with access to
Internet can query and sort SORCR data by geographic
location and view mugshots.

To Organizations Serving Children, Elderly, and 
the Mentally Ill:
As of 2/01, no special or affirmative notification of
schools or other organizations is reported. (See
Procedures for Public Access, below.)

Procedures for Public Access:
The public has access to information on registrants
through Alaska's Internet site.  All offenders
required to register, whether they are registered,
have never registered, registered but are out of
compliance, or in jail, will be on the Internet.  The
public may also obtain information from the local
police station, and they may receive hard copy reports
on individual sex offenders through the SORCR office
in response to individual requests.

Internet Website: (include web address and number of
hits per month, if applicable)
Yes, began June, 1997; now averaging over 1,200
queries per day.
http://www.dps.state.ak.us/nsorcr/asp

Summary of State Sex Offender Registries: Arizona
Responsible Agency: Department of Public Safety

Who is in the Registry?

Covered Offenses:
A person who has been convicted of a violation or
attempted violation of any of the following offenses
or who has been convicted of an offense committed in
another jurisdiction which if committed in Arizona
would be a violation or attempted violation of any of
the following offenses: unlawful imprisonment pursuant
to section 13-1304 if the victim is under eighteen
years of age and the unlawful imprisonment was not
committed by the child's parent; kidnaping pursuant to
section 13-1304 if the victim is under eighteen;
sexual abuse if the victim is under eighteen pursuant
to section 13-1304; sexual conduct with a minor
pursuant to section 13-1305; sexual assault pursuant
to section 13-1306; sexual assault of a spouse
pursuant to section 13-1306.01; molestation of a child
pursuant to section 13-1410; continuous sexual abuse
of a child pursuant to section 13-1417; taking a child
for the purpose of prostitution pursuant to section
13-3206; child prostitution pursuant to section 13-
3212; commercial sexual exploitation of a minor
pursuant to section 13-3552; sexual exploitation of a
minor pursuant to section 13-3553; a second or
subsequent violation of public sexual indecency or
indecent exposure to a minor under the age of fifteen
years pursuant to sections 13-1402, 1403 subsection B;
a third or subsequent violation of indecent exposure
pursuant to section 13-1402; a third or subsequent
violation of public sexual indecency pursuant to
section 13-1403; and a violation of section 13-3822 
or 13-3824.

Mandated Registrants:
All Arizona residents convicted of a covered offense
must register. The local law enforcement agency is
responsible for evaluating the out-of-state offense 
to determine if Arizona registration is required.

Duration of Registration:
Lifetime for adult offenders. The registration
requirement for juvenile sexual offenders ends 
when they become 25.

Offenders in Registry, 2/01:
11,500

Automation of Sex Offender 
Registries

Extent of database automation:
Partial. The SOR database itself is automated, but
most data must be entered manually.  At present, data
collection is done manually, with most forms filled
out by hand, and transmitted to the SOR in hard copy.
The Sex Offender Profiling and Notification Database,
maintained in another section of the Department of
Public Safety (DPS), is similar. 

Database is linked to criminal history files:
Yes.  The Sex Offender Registry is part of the Arizona
Criminal Justice Information System (ACJIS), but is
maintained in a separate database. A  response to a
criminal history query, however, will include any
information on that individual in the SOR database.

SOR transmits electronically to FBI NSOR 
system:
Yes. As new records are entered into Arizona's SOR,
they are automatically forwarded electronically to the
FBI NSOR system.

SOR system has capability for electronic 
transmittal & storage of fingerprints:
The capability of transmitting and storing digital
fingerprints in the Arizona Automated Fingerprint
Identification System (AZAFIS) has existed since June
1995.  The electronic capability is available in all
the sheriff's offices and various Department of
Correction facilities.  Upon completion of the
identification process the sex offender registration
fingerprint card is printed and is mailed to the SOR
with the offender's registration form.

SOR system has capability for electronic 
transmittal and storage of mugshots:
The AZAFIS Mug Photo Interface Subsystem was
implemented June 1998.  All sheriffs' offices and
various Department of Correction facilities have the
capability to capture and transmit digital mug photos.
These photos are stored in the AZAFIS Mug Photo Server
at the Department of Public Safety and is accessible
by authorized users statewide.

Operation of Sex Offender Registries

Source for Initial Information on Offender:
For Sex Offender Registry, information comes from the
local sheriff's office when an offender completes his
in-person registration. A copy of registration form is
faxed to the SOR; the signed original, a photo, and
fingerprint cards are then mailed to the SOR. For the
Sex Offender Profiling and Notification Unit, the
Arizona DOC, the jail, or the supervising probation
agency enters information on the offender, his/her
risk assessment, and the offense directly into the Sex
Offender Profiling System. The system then generates
messages to the Notification Coordinator and the
sheriff of the jurisdiction that will be receiving the
offender.

DNA Sample:
Yes. DNA samples are maintained by DPS Crime 
Lab.

Validation and Reregistration Procedures:
A.  State SOR Proactively Notifies Registrants:
Legislation requires registered offenders to obtain a
driver's license or an identification license annually
from the Motor Vehicle Division and the Department of
Public Safety is required to conduct annual address
verification on all sex offenders within the State
registry.

SOR Notification Automated:
Not applicable. 

Penalties for Noncompliance:
Violation is a Class 4 felony.

Dissemination of Sex Offender 
Registry Information

To Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice 
Agencies:
Information on registered sexual offenders is
disseminated to criminal justice agencies through
Arizona Criminal Justice Information System (ACJIS) in
response to criminal history queries. Detailed
information on the offender, his risk assessment, and
the offense summary is maintained by the Sex Offender
Compliance Unit for use by and with local law
enforcement agencies in the community notification
program.


To Organizations Serving Children, Elderly, and 
the Mentally Ill:
The Arizona community notification program focuses 
on "neighborhoods" at risk, rather than specific
organizations or victim types. There is a State-level
Community Notification Coordinator, but the local law
enforcement agency determines the level of
notification, and the geographic "neighborhood," to be
notified, based on a review of the individual's risk
assessment. Level 1 (low risk) requires minimal
notification, level 2 (medium risk) gives the local
agency wide discretion on the extent of notification,
while level 3 (high risk) requires extensive
notification within the "neighborhood" at risk. 

Procedures for Public Access:
There is no automatic public access to SOR
information.  Each law enforcement agency keeps a
notebook on registered offenders residing in the
jurisdiction that receives community notification.
Citizens may ask to see the file and usually have to
demonstrate a need to know.  Access is at the
discretion of the law enforcement agency, with a log
kept of who views the file. 

Internet Website (include web address and 
number of hits per month, if applicable)
The Department of Public Safety maintains an 
Internet website with information on all level 2 and 3
offenders. http://www.azsexoffender.com

Summary of State Sex Offender Registries: Arkansas
Responsible Agency: Arkansas Crime Information Center

Who is in the Registry?

Covered Offenses:
Covered offenses are:  rape; carnal abuse in first,
second, or third degree; sexual misconduct; sexual
abuse in first or second degree; sexual solicitation
of a child; violation of a minor in first or second
degree; incest; sexual exploitation of children;
promoting prostitution in the first degree; stalking;
transportation of minors for prohibited sexual
conduct; employing, or consenting to the use of a
child in sexual performance; producing, directing or
promoting sexual performance; an attempt, solicitation
or conspiracy to commit any of the enumerated
offenses; and adjudication of guilt for equivalent
offenses in another State, federal, or military court.

Mandated Registrants:
All convicted sexual offenders released to the
community on or after the effective date of the
legislation, August 1, 1997, are required to register,
as well as all persons who were required to be
registered under the former "Habitual Child Sex
Offender Registration Act."  The Arkansas Attorney
General has ruled that the registration requirement
covers all offenders who had been convicted and were,
as a result, under some form of criminal justice
supervision on August 1, 1997, regardless of date of
conviction.

Duration of Registration:
For "sexual offenders," registration is a minimum of
15 years. For those classified as "sexual predators",
the registration requirement is a minimum of 20 years. 
Offenders may petition the court for removal of the
registration requirement after expiration of the
minimum time requirement.

Offenders in Registry, 2/01
As of 2/15/01 Arkansas has 2,935 registered sex
offenders.

Automation of Sex Offender 
Registries

Extent of database automation:     
Partial. The SOR database itself is automated, but
data entry is manual, and information submission is
paper-based.  As of February, 2001 an Imaging System
was installed, now all sex offender documents are
stored electronically.
     
Database is linked to criminal history files:
Yes. Registered offenders' records are flagged in the
criminal history file. The SOR file is not
fingerprint- based, but the SOR record is tied to the
offender's fingerprints in the criminal history
system.   
     
SOR transmits electronically to FBI NSOR 
system:
Yes.      
     
SOR system has capability for electronic 
transmittal & storage of fingerprints: 
Yes, the capability exists, but through the criminal
history system. While the current SOR database does
not have fingerprints, the SOR records are tied to
fingerprints in the criminal history system, which has
the storage capacity.    
     
SOR system has capability for electronic 
transmittal and storage of mugshots: 
No. There is no current capacity for automated mugshot
transmission or storage.  The Registry anticipates the
availability of images in 2001.

Operation of Sex Offender Registries

Source for Initial Information on Offender:
The Department of Corrections, Department of Community
Punishment and local law enforcement provide the SOR
with information (in hard copy) on qualifying
offenders when they are convicted, and the offenders
are entered into the Registry at that time.  When a
sexual offender is released to the community and
registers locally, the Sex Offender Registration form
is forwarded (in hard copy) to the 

Arkansas Crime Information Center (ACIC) by the
releasing agency, and the record is updated.

DNA Sample:
No, but legislation is currently pending.  

Validation and Reregistration Procedures:
A.  State SOR Proactively Notifies Registrants:
Yes.  ACIC mails out non-forwardable letters informing
offenders of the requirement to verify their
addresses.  Letters are sent every six months to
sexual offenders, and every three months to those
classified as " sexually violent offenders."

B.  SOR Notification Automated:
Yes.

C.  Penalties for Noncompliance:
Violation is a Class D felony, punishable by up to 6
years in prison and/or a fine.
     
Dissemination of Sex Offender 
Registry Information

To Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice 
Agencies:
Through the statewide Arkansas Crime Information
Center (ACIC) network, all data provided on the Sex
Offender Registration form and entered into the SOR is
available to all law enforcement agencies within the
State.

To Organizations Serving Children, Elderly, and 
the Mentally Ill:
Community notification is conducted by local law
enforcement agencies in accordance with guidelines
developed by the Sex Offender Assessment Committee. 
Notification to organizations, schools and
institutions is made for offenders determined to be
medium (level 2) or high (level 3) risk.

Procedures for Public Access:
As of 2/01, there are no procedures for general public
access to information from the Arkansas Sex Offender
Registry system.  As noted, community notification is
conducted by local law enforcement; in some cases
schools may notify parents of information received
from a law enforcement agency.

Internet Website: (include web address and 
number of hits per month)
The ACIC website provided information on the Arkansas
law, the offenses requiring registration, and a
numerical listing of the number of registered
offenders in a given county, but did not post data on
individual offenders. http://www.acic.org/registration

Summary of State Sex Offender Registries: California
Responsible Agency: California Department of Justice, 
Division of Criminal Justice Information Services 

Who is in the Registry?

Covered Offenses:
Almost all sexual offenses involving adult and child
victims require offender registration.  Covered
offenses include rape, sexual battery, child sexual
abuse, sodomy, oral copulation, child pornography,
kidnaping or assault with intent to commit a covered
offense, pimping or pandering involving a minor,  and
indecent exposure, as well as specified juvenile sex
offenses.  Some of the covered crimes are
misdemeanors.

Mandated Registrants:
Mandated Registrants include: all adults convicted in
a California court of a covered offense since 1944. 
Also, those convicted of comparable offenses in
federal, military, or other State courts if the
offender resides in or moves to California. Since
1986, juveniles convicted of specified offenses are
required to register.

Duration of Registration:
Lifetime for all registrants, unless the offense is
decriminalized, the requirement is terminated, or if 
juvenile record is sealed.  

Offenders in Registry, 2/01:
88,853.  The California Registry holds all those who
have registered or who have received notification they
should register.  The latter group includes both those
not yet released from incarceration and those who
received formal notification to register but have
absconded or otherwise evaded doing so.

Automation of Sex Offender 
Registries

Extent of database automation:
Fully automated database. The California Sex Offender
Registry is maintained as a separate file within
California's Violent Crime Information Network (VCIN).

Database is linked to criminal history files:
All sex offender registration history prior to April
1996 is on the automated criminal history system or on
manual folder rap sheets.  Since April 1996,
registration information is maintained in the Violent
Crime Information Network (VCIN). A flag is in the
relevant criminal history file stating, "For current
registration information inquire into VCIN".

SOR transmits electronically to FBI NSOR 
system:
Yes. Currently there are about 52,000 records in the
National file.

SOR system has capability for electronic 
transmittal & storage of fingerprints:
No.  The  SOR and VCIN do not have this capability. 
Electronic fingerprints are stored in the California
AFIS system. 

SOR system has capability for electronic transmittal
and storage of mugshots:
Yes. The capability exists for those with access to
California VCIN.

Operation of Sex Offender Registries

Source for Initial Information on Offender:
Depending on the sentence, the initial information on
an offender comes from Department of Corrections (DOC)
if the sentence was to a prison term, from the courts
(if probation), from the State hospital (if sentence
is a commitment), or from the local jail administrator
or sheriff (if jail). Prisons and jails submit data
(records, photographs, fingerprints, etc.) when a
mandated registrant begins his sentence, and  it is
entered in the SOR as "pre-registration."  As of 2/01,
the initial data may be submitted electronically or as
hard copy.

DNA Sample:
Yes.  DNA samples are maintained at the State's DNA
laboratory in Berkeley, California.

Validation and Reregistration Procedures: 
A.  State SOR Proactively Notifies Registrants:
No. California does not send an address verification
notice or a reregistration reminder.  Annual address
verification is the registrant's responsibility and
must be done in the 5 working days preceding or
following his birthday. (Transients and sexually
violent predators must verify their addresses every 90
days).

SOR Notification Automated:
Not applicable

Penalties for Noncompliance:
If the underlying offense was a misdemeanor, failure-
to-comply is a misdemeanor.  If the underlying offense
was a felony, then any failure-to-comply is a felony
(it can and has been used as third strike in
California's three-strikes-and-out legislation).

Dissemination of Sex Offender 
Registry Information

To Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice 
Agencies:
SOR information is available to all California law
enforcement and criminal justice agencies through the
California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System
(CLETS) or to those with access to Violent Crime
Information Network (VCIN) workstations. Out-of-state
agencies access California sex offender registrant
information via NSOR.

To Organizations Serving Children, Elderly, and 
the Mentally Ill:
Notification is the responsibility of the local law
enforcement agency where the offender resides.
Legislation specifies the conditions for limited
notification to organizations or to specific
individuals or for broader public advisories and
notification on serious and high-risk sex offenders.

Procedures for Public Access:
Public access to SOR information is provided in two
ways. California has a CD-ROM and operates a 900 phone
number of serious and high risk registered sex
offenders.  Adults and children accompanied by a
parent or guardian living in California (other than
registered sex offenders) may view the CD-ROM at their
local enforcement agency at no fee (the names of those
viewing the CD-ROM are maintained for 5 years). 
Nationwide, adults may obtain sex offender information
via the California Sex Offender Information telephone
service at: 1-900-488-3000.  There is a $10 fee for up
to two names searches for this service.

Internet Website: (include web address and 
number of hits per month, if applicable)
No.  California does not have sex offender registrants
on a website.

Summary of State Sex Offender Registries: Colorado
Responsible Agency: Colorado Department of Public
Safety

Who is in the Registry?

Covered Offenses:
Sexual assault in the first, second, or third degree;
sexual assault on a child; sexual assault on a child
by one in a position of trust; sexual assault on a
client by a psychotherapist; incest and aggravated
incest;  enticement, trafficking, or sexual
exploitation of children; procurement of a child for
sexual exploitation; solicitation for child
prostitution; procurement, pandering, or pimping
involving children; patronizing a prostituted child;
inducement of or solicitation for child prostitution;
keeping a place of child prostitution; patronizing a
prostituted child; and criminal attempt, conspiracy,
or solicitation to commit any covered offense; and
deferred judgement and sentence for any covered
offense.

Mandated Registrants:
Any person convicted of a covered offense in Colorado
on or after July 1, 1991 is required to register;
also, persons convicted of comparable offenses in
another State on or after July 1, 1991, and moving to
Colorado; and persons convicted of covered offenses
and released from the Colorado  Department of
Corrections (DOC) to the community on or after July 1,
1991.

Duration of Registration:
Duration of the registration requirement depends upon
the seriousness of the offense.  Offenders may
petition the court for an order to discontinue the
requirement to register after a specified number of
offense-free years following the person's final
release from the jurisdiction of the court.  For
example, offenders may petition after 20 years if
convicted of a class 1, 2, or 3 covered felony; after
10 years if convicted of a class 4, 5, or 6 covered
felony; after 5 years if convicted of a covered
misdemeanor; or after the successful completion of a
deferred judgment; or after successful discharge of a
sentence if the offender was less than 16 years of age
at the time of the offense. 

Offenders in Registry, 2/01:
8,804 (does not include those to be released within
the month)

Automation of Sex Offender Registry 
Information

Extent of database automation:
Fully automated database. The electronic SOR files are
maintained by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation
(CBI) through its Colorado Crime Information Center
(CCIC) program, but CBI is not the custodian of the
official records.  The official records remain at the
local level where the offender registers.

Database is linked to criminal history files:
Yes.

SOR transmits electronically to FBI NSOR 
system:
Yes.

SOR system has capability for electronic 
transmittal & storage of fingerprints:
Yes.

SOR system has capability for electronic 
transmittal and storage of mugshots:
Yes.

Operation of Sex Offender Registries

Source for Initial Information on Offender:
Information comes from the courts if the sentence is
probation, from the Department of Corrections (DOC) if
it is prison sentence. DOC places a "subject to
registration" notice in the SOR when the offender is
released, and the local law enforcement agency may
(discretionary, not mandatory) enter information when
the offender registers at his jurisdiction of
residence.  All send information electronically to
Colorado Crime Information Center (CCIC).

DNA Sample:
Yes. However, it is not part of the SOR program. DNA
and blood samples are now collected for all offenders
in the Colorado State prison system.

Validation and Reregistration Procedures:
A. State SOR Proactively Notifies Registrants:
No. Colorado has no address checks or verifications
except as these may occur through parole activities. 
A registered offender moving within the State is
required to register at his new location, and the
local agency enters the new registration into the SOR
system, but neither the local agency nor the State SOR
program has any responsibility to verify the address.

SOR Notification Automated:
Not applicable.

Penalties for Noncompliance:
The first offense is a Class 2 misdemeanor, punishable
by 3 to 12 months in jail and/or a fine of $250 -
$1,000.  Subsequent offenses are a Class 6 felony
punishable by a minimum of one year in a State
Department of Corrections facility. (Pending
legislation would make the first violation a Class 6
felony and subsequent violations a Class 5 felony.)

Dissemination of Sex Offender 
Registry Information

To Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice 
Agencies:
Information from the State's electronic SOR is
available to all Colorado law enforcement and criminal
justice agencies on-line through the Colorado Crime
Information Center (CCIC).  Out-of-state agencies may
send an NLETS AM message for a search of the registry. 

To Organizations Serving Children, Elderly, and the
Mentally Ill:
Notification is the responsibility of local law
enforcement agencies which may notify organizations or
individuals "for reasons of public protection."  As of
February 2001, legislation does not mandate
affirmative notification to specific organizations or
institutions.

Procedures for Public Access:
The public has access to information on registered
sexual offenders only through the local law
enforcement agency where the offender is currently
registered.  In Colorado, the SOR information is
considered a public record.

Internet Website: (include web address and 
number of hits per month, if applicable)
A website is currently was under construction as of
2/01. The website was available as of 7/30/01. 
http://sor.state.co.us

Summary of State Sex Offender Registries: Connecticut
Responsible Agency: Connecticut Department of Public
Safety

Who is in the Registry?

Covered Offenses:
On October 1, 1998, Connecticut's Sex Offender
Registration Law (C.G.S. Sec. 54-250, et. seq.)
established centralized sex offender registration
procedures.  With the legislation, the sex offender
registry went into operation on an Internet site,
effective January 1, 1999. The sex offender
registration law covers first through fourth degree
sexual assault, aggravated first degree sexual
assault, risk of injury involving sexual contact with
a child, kidnaping, promoting prostitution with a
minor, promoting a minor in obscene performance,
public indecency when the victim is under 18, and
conspiring, attempting, or directing the commission of
a covered offense, and any felony the court finds was
committed for a sexual purpose. 

Mandated Registrants:
Registration is mandatory for any person who has been
convicted or found not guilty by reason of mental
disease or defect of a sexually violent crime and
released on or after October 1, 1998.  Registration is
also mandatory for any person who has been convicted
or found not guilty by reason of mental disease or
defect of a criminal offense against a victim who is a
minor or a nonviolent sexual offense and is released
on or after October 1, 1998.  Juvenile offenders who
have been convicted in an adult court for the
indicated sexual offenses and released are mandated to
register.  In specified, limited situations (defined
in statute), the court may exercise discretion in
granting exemptions or making restrictions in a
registration. In Connecticut, the classification
"sexually violent offender" includes both offenders
meeting the federal definition of sexually violent
predators and offenders meeting the federal definition
of sexually violent offenders.

Duration of Registration:
Lifetime registration is mandated for those convicted
of sexually violent offenses.  A ten (10) year period
applies for those offenders convicted of crimes
against victims who are minors.  For an offender from
out-of-state, the ten (10) year registration period,
if applicable, is presumed to have started when the
offender is first released to the community. 

Offenders in Registry, 2/01:
As of April 2001, sex offenders registered and listed
on the Internet site total 2,030.  Additional sex
offenders with convictions requiring registration
remain incarcerated, a sex offender does not register
until released.  Also, qualified sex offenders from
Connecticut who have declared residences in other
States are registered in accordance with the other
State of residence procedures. 


Automation of Sex Offender 
Registries

Extent of database automation:
On October 1, 1998, Connecticut's Sex Offender
Registration requirements became effective.  The
Internet based sex offender registry went into
operation on January 1, 1999.  The statewide SOR, 
initially utilized an interim database  A more
extensive, automated database has been established
with the use federal funds.

Database is linked to criminal history files:
Preliminary work for the SOR perspective has been
completed to receive criminal history information from
the computerized criminal history system.  The
Offender Based Tracking System (OBTS) being developed
will provide both criminal history and programmed
inmate release date information for use in the sex
offender registration process.  

SOR transmits electronically to FBI NSOR 
system:
Yes.  The Connecticut SOR has initiated electronic
transmission of sex offender registration data to the
NSOR.

SOR system has capability for electronic 
transmittal & storage of fingerprints:
Yes. An AFIS is operational within the Department of
Public Safety and is the repository of all fingerprint
data.  While fingerprints are stored in the AFIS,
procedures for electronic transmittal to the FBI will
be addressed with the acquisition of an AFIS with
store and forward capability.  

SOR system has capability for electronic 
transmittal and storage of mugshots:
No. A statewide system for the receipt and management
of offender photo images is being developed to handle
all photo images (mugshots), in accordance with EFTS
standards for digital mugshot images.  Federal funds,
in part, are being utilized to implement photo image
capture, management, and transmission capability
meeting FBI standards.

Operation of Sex Offender Registries

Source for Initial Information on Offender:
With the new system effective on October 1, 1998, the
central sex offender registry in Department of Public
Safety (DPS), Division of State Police receives
conviction information from the courts and completed
registrations from the releasing correction
institution or the court.  Offenders must complete
registration as a condition of release from
incarceration or from the custody of the court when no
incarceration occurs.  All registration information is
transmitted electronically to DPS.  DPS notifies the
municipal law enforcement agency or the chief elected
official (in a situation of no municipal law
enforcement agency) of the municipality where the
offender resides with both electronic and hard copy
registration information.  The hard copy information
is made available for public inspection.  (In
Connecticut, there is no county government.)  Prior to
October 1, 1998, sex offender registration was a
responsibility of municipal law enforcement agencies;
records remained with the municipal law enforcement
agency without address verification and reregistration
procedures.

DNA Sample:
Yes. Effective October 1, 1998, DNA samples are taken
from all sexual offenders upon registration and prior
to the sex offender's release into the community.

Validation and Reregistration Procedures:
A. State SOR Proactively Notifies Registrants:
Under the new, centralized sex offender registration
procedures effective October 1, 1998, non-forwardable
address verification forms are sent to all registered
sex offenders.  Sexually violent offenders are
required to verify the address of record every 90
days; sex offenders guilty of criminal sexual offenses
against a victim who is a minor or guilty of a non
violent sexual offense are required to verify the
address of record annually.  If the offender does not
respond within 10 days, the DPS notifies the municipal
law enforcement agency, which is required to issue an
arrest warrant.  The DPS is required to issue arrest
warrants for geographic areas not served by municipal
law enforcement agencies.  The notification procedures
are managed by the Sex Offender Registration Unit in
the DPS; this Unit is available to municipal and State
police with enforcement procedures.  

SOR Notification Automated:
The verification process is automated with machine
generated forms and mailing procedures.

Penalties for Noncompliance:
Under the new, centralized registration procedures
effective October 1, 1998, noncompliance with the
sexual offender registration requirements and
procedures is a Class D felony, punishable by one to
five years in prison and/or a fine of up to $5,000.

Dissemination of Sex Offender 
Registry Information

To Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice 
Agencies:
Sex offender registry information from the statewide
sex offender registry is provided to municipal and
State law enforcement agencies, in as much as these
agencies are required to maintain copies of sex
offender registrations for their jurisdictions
respectively and make them available to the public. 
The statewide registry is centrally maintained by the
Department of Public Safety, with information
dissemination to the law enforcement agency for the
municipality of residence of the sex offender.  In
addition, criminal history information is available to
law enforcement and criminal justice agencies only by
query via the Connecticut On Line Law Enforcement
Communications Teleprocessing (COLLECT) system.  Sex
offender registration information is transmitted to
the FBI for inclusion in the National Sex Offender
Registry (NSOR).  Effective January 1, 1999, the
public was provided access to the sex offender
registry via an Internet site.

To Organizations Serving Children, Elderly, and 
the Mentally Ill:
Any law enforcement agency, including the Department
of Public Safety, Division of State Police and
municipal law enforcement agency, is authorized to
notify any governmental agency, private organization,
or individual of registration information when it is
believed that the notification is necessary to protect
the public or an individual from a sex offender.  This
wording became effective October 1, 1998.  In January
1999, a statutorily established Sex Offender
Registration Committee recommended guidelines for use
by law enforcement agencies in considering and
establishing community notification procedures. 
Effective January 1, 1999, all organizations and
persons were provided access to the sex offender
registry via an Internet site. [On May 18, 2001, the
United States District Court, District of Connecticut
issued a permanent injunction prohibiting all public
access to the sex offender registry.  Please refer to
the section titled Current Status, following at the
end of this summary, for an additional explanation.]

Procedures for Public Access:
Under the new, centralized sex offender registration
procedures effective October 1, 1998, two procedures
for public access are established:  (1) a copy of the
sex offender registrations became available for public
inspection in law enforcement agencies serving the sex
offender's municipality of residence and (2) the
statewide sex offender registry on the Internet was
established, effective January 1, 1999.  Law
enforcement agencies must make copies of the
registration information available during business
hours; most are available 24 hours a day via
dispatcher/clerk offices.  The Internet site is
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. [On May 18,
2001, the United States District Court, District of
Connecticut issued a permanent injunction prohibiting
all public access to the sex offender registry. 
Please refer to the section titled Current Status,
following at the end of this summary, for an
additional explanation.]

Internet Website: (include web address and 
number of hits per month, if applicable)
The Internet site is located on the State of
Connecticut, Department of Public Safety homepage. The
site became operational January 1, 1999.  The site
address is: http://www.state.ct.us/dps/  The number
of queries made against the Internet sex offender
registry database average about 120,000 per month. 
(In the initial month, 1.9 million inquires were
logged.)  Studies indicate a person will generally
make between 4 and 10 queries per session.   
 
*Current Status- as of May 22, 2001
On March 31, 2001, the United State District Court,
District of Connecticut in a summary judgment
determined that public disclosure and dissemination of
inclusion in the sex offender registry maintained by
the State of Connecticut pursuant to the Connecticut
Sex Offender Registry Act violated the rights under
the Due Process of the Fourteenth Amendment.  The
class action plaintiff was found to be included in the
registry, not because he has been determined to pose a
threat to public safety, but solely because he has
been convicted of one of numerous offenses enumerated
in the Act.  The Court found that the liberty interest
of the class action plaintiff was deprived without
providing notice and an opportunity to be heard on the
question as to whether the plaintiff is dangerous. 
The Connecticut Sex Offender Registry Act provides for
the due process to occur during and as part of trials
on the statutorily identified sexual offenses.  The
summary judgment has been appealed to the United
States Second Circuit Court of Appeals.  

On May 18, 2001, the United States District Court,
District of Connecticut issued a permanent injunction,
prohibiting public access to the sex offender
registry.  The injunction prohibits the State of
Connecticut from disclosing or disseminating the
Registry or Registry information to the public in
printed or electronic form and identifying any person
as being included in the Registry.  The District judge
ordered the Registry website be taken down
immediately.  The Registry may be used by law
enforcement personnel in providing for public safety
as long as the names of sex offenders are not
disclosed as being included in the Registry.  The
District judge, in response to a request by the State
of Connecticut, denied a stay of the injunction.  Also
on May, 18, 2001, the State of Connecticut requested
of the United States Second Circuit Court of Appeals a
stay of the injunction on an emergency basis; this
appeal is pending before the United States Second
Circuit Court of Appeals.

Summary of State Sex Offender Registries: Delaware
Responsible Agency: Delaware State Police

Who is in the Registry?

Covered Offenses:
The Delaware sex offender registry legislation
essentially covers "all sexual offenses" as specified
in Sections 764 through 779 and Sections 1108 through
1111 of Title 11 of Delaware Crimes and Criminal
Procedure.

Mandated Registrants: 
Individuals in any of the following categories are
required to register: All persons convicted of a
covered offense on or after the statutes' effective
date in 1994; anyone adjudged, after statute's
effective date, guilty but mentally ill or not guilty
by reason of insanity for committing a covered
offense; those convicted out-of-state and moving to
Delaware.

Duration of Registration: 
Lifetime registration if the sex offender is
designated to Risk Assessment Tier III, or if the
person is designated to Risk Assessment Tier I or II,
and has previously been convicted of any of the
offenses specified in subparagraphs (a)(4)a., c., or
d. of this section, and the victim of both the
previous offense and the instant offense had not yet
reached his or her eighteenth birthday at the time of
the crime. For further provisions, consult Title 11
Section 4121 of the Delaware Code.

Offenders in Registry, 2/01:
1,688

Automation of Sex Offender 
Registries

Extent of database automation:
Fully automated SOR text database. The database is
housed on the Delaware Criminal Justice Information
System (CJIS). 

Database is linked to criminal history files:
Yes. The Delaware SOR is part of the State's criminal
history system which is also on CJIS.

SOR transmits electronically to FBI NSOR system:
Yes.

SOR system has capability for electronic 
transmittal & storage of fingerprints:
Yes.  Delaware has the capability for electronic
storage and transmission of fingerprints through its
AFIS system, but, as of 2/01, AFIS was not fully
integrated with the SOR.

SOR system has capability for electronic 
transmittal and storage of mugshots:
Yes.

Operation of Sex Offender Registries

Source for Initial Information on Offender:
In Delaware, offenders are registered by the courts if
they are sentenced to probation or given a fine. If
offenders have been incarcerated, then the agency
managing the facility--the Department of Corrections,
Youth Rehabilitation Services, or the State Hospital--
registers them 45 to 90 days prior to their release.
Out-of-state offenders must register personally with
the State Bureau of Identification (SBI), Delaware
State Police, within 7 days of arrival.  All
registering agencies use the Delaware Criminal Justice
Information System (CJIS) computer system to register
offenders electronically, so that all text information
is entered directly into the SOR database.

DNA Sample:
No, not as part of the SOR but some sex offenders have
DNA samples on file with the medical examiner's
office.

Validation and Reregistration Procedures:
A.  State SOR Proactively Notifies Registrants:
Yes. Reregistration is done annually for medium and
low risk offenders, and each quarter for high risk
offenders.  The offender is responsible for notifying
the State Police of any change of residence after the
initial registration, but probation officers also
actively maintain contact with these offenders as part
of their offender management responsibilities and help
ensure that the SOR is notified of any change in the
offender's address.

B. SOR Notification Automated:
Yes.

C. Penalties for Noncompliance:
Class G felony, requiring a prison term.

Dissemination of Sex Offender 
Registry Information

To Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Agencies:
Text information from the SOR is available through
Delaware Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS),
accessible to all criminal justice agencies in
Delaware.  Fingerprints are maintained in State's
central AFIS and interfaced to CJIS.  There is a
central mugshot system. CJIS has mugshot capability. 
Also, a law, signed 4/21/98, requires that SOR
registrants be identified by a "Y" on their driver's
licenses, with the designation explained on back of
license.)

To Organizations Serving Children, Elderly, and the
Mentally Ill:
Notification of organizations is the responsibility of
the local law enforcement agency where the offender
resides.  Notification measures are based on the
offender's assigned risk level which is determined by
a risk assessment performed by the State Attorney
General's Office or the Sentencing Court.  For Tier II
(moderate risk) offenders, notification is at the
discretion of the local law enforcement agency.  Tier
III (high risk) offenders, the law requires mandatory
community notification. The State Police may be
involved only when no local agency has jurisdiction. 

Procedures for Public Access:
Public access to SOR information is through the
notification program conducted by the local law
enforcement agency where the offender resides, and
through the website. For Tier II offenders,
notification is at the discretion of the local law
enforcement.  Community notification is required for
Tier III offenders.  Notification is conducted in a
variety of ways such as; door-to-door, mailings, local
media, etc.  The public may also view both Tier II and
III offenders on the Internet.  Local law enforcement
agencies also have the discretion to notify any
citizen about a specific offender who, they believe,
poses a risk to that individual. (See also the
driver's license designation noted above.)

Internet Website: (include web address and 
number of hits per month, if applicable)
Yes. http://www.state.de.us/dsp/sexoff/index.htm
The site has photo posted for medium and high risk
offenders only.

Summary of State Sex Offender Registries: District 
of Columbia
Responsible Agency: Court Services and Offender
Supervision Agency

Who is in the Registry?

Covered Offenses:
In 1999, the District of Columbia's two year old
offender based Sex Offender Registration Act was
repealed and replaced by an offense based Act. Under
the new law the Federal Court Services and Offender
Supervision Agency (CSOSA) is charged with maintaining
the DC Sex Offender Registry and the Metropolitan
Police Department is responsible for community
notification.  Covered offenses under the new law
include any offense committed in the District of
Columbia or any other jurisdiction, whether
misdemeanor or felony, if an element of the offense is
an unlawful sexual act or sexual contact and the
victim of the offense is a child.  Covered offenses
also include felony sex offenses committed against
adults.

Mandated Registrants:
Registration is mandatory for all adults who live,
work or matriculate in the District of Columbia and
have been convicted, found not guilty by reason of
insanity or adjudicated a sexual psychopath on a
covered offense. Registration is required for such
persons if the disposition of the sex offense occurs
after the 1999 Act or if the disposition predates the
effective date of the Act and the sex offender was
subject to registration under the earlier DC law, or
was on parole, probation, or supervised release when
the new law took effect.  A sex offender from outside
the District of Columbia who at any time, resides,
obtains employment or attends school in DC must
register.

Duration of Registration:
The registration period depends on the seriousness of
the sex offense.  Violent offenders or offenders whose
victims are young children must register for life.
Offenders convicted or found not guilty by reason of
insanity of less serious offenses must register for 10
years.

Offenders in Registry, 2/01:
As of April 24, 2001, the DC Sex Offender Registry
includes 303 active registrants who live, work or
attend school in the District of Columbia.  Of those 
active registrants 136 are lifetime registrants and
167 must register for 10 years.

Automation of Sex Offender 
Registries

Extent of database automation:
The District of Columbia Sex Offender Registry is
maintained in a Microsoft SQL Server 7.0.

Database is linked to criminal history files:
The sex offender database is not linked to criminal
history files.  Criminal history information is
scanned into the individual registry information on
each sex offender.

SOR transmits electronically to FBI NSOR 
system:
Under the DC Sex Offender Registration Act, CSOSA must
transmit registry information to the FBI for inclusion
in the National Sex Offender Registry.  A link has
been established through NCIC for the transmittal and
registry information has been formatted to meet FBI
requirements.  Testing is in progress, and inclusion
of DC sex offenders in the National Registry is
imminent. 

SOR system has capability for electronic 
transmittal & storage of fingerprints:
The Registry has the capability for electronic
transmission and storage of fingerprints, but
fingerprints are not entered into the database. CSOSA
has been advised by the FBI that they have no need for
prints to be included in information transmitted to
the National Registry.  

SOR system has capability for electronic 
transmittal and storage of mugshots:
Current photographs are included in the electronic
database and transmitted to the Police Department for
publication on the MPD website.

Operation of Sex Offender Registries

Source for Initial Information on Offender:
The source of initial information on sex offenders 
is received by CSOSA from the Superior Court, the
releasing authority (either DC Department of
Corrections or the Federal Bureau of Prisons), self
reported by the offender, or from other sources. Once
initial notification of a sex offender is received by
CSOSA, additional information is obtained to perfect
registration.

DNA Sample:
DNA samples are not included in sex offender
registration information. Independent of sex offender
registration, however, the DNA Analysis Backlog
Elimination Act of 2000 requires that by June 19, 2001
DNA collection must begin from DC Code offenders. 
Samples will be collected by CSOSA and the Bureau of
Prisons.

Validation and Reregistration Procedures:
A.  State SOR Proactively Notifies Registrants:
Yes. Lifetime registrants are required to provide
verification of current registration information at 
3-month intervals. 10-year registrants must provide
verification annually.  CSOSA posts a registered, 
non-forwardable letter 14 days prior to the date
verification is required. Failure to comply is
reported for investigation and possible prosecution.

B. SOR Notification Automated:
Yes, the verification forms are computer generated 
for each sex offender on his/her anniversary date.  

C. Penalties for Noncompliance:
The first offense is a misdemeanor, punishable by not
more than 180 days in jail and/or a fine of up to
$1,000.  A second or subsequent offense is a felony,
punishable by up to five years in prison and/or a fine
of up to $5,000.

Dissemination of Sex Offender 
Registry Information

To Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice 
Agencies:
CSOSA transmits electronically to the MPD, and will
transmit to the FBI, in real time, additions and
modifications to the Sex Offender Registry.  
Information will be transmitted to other
jurisdictions' registrars as their computer capability
allows.

To Organizations Serving Children, Elderly, and the
Mentally Ill:
The Metropolitan Police Department has no formal
procedures in place for notification to organizations
serving children, the elderly and mentally ill
separate from procedures for notification to the
community at large.

Procedures for Public Access:
Public access to registry information is available by
viewing hard copies of the registry at the various
police districts.  Information on lifetime registrants
is also available over the Internet at the MPD
website.  (MPD is presently restrained by a Federal
Court order from notifying the community of any sex
offender sentenced under youth sentencing provisions
or notifying the community via the Internet of 10-year
registrants.)

Internet Website: (include web address and number of
hits per month, if applicable)
Currently only lifetime registrants are listed on the
website. The website is maintained by the Metropolitan
Police Department and the address is: 
http://mpdc.dc.gov/serv/sor/sor.shtm

Summary of State Sex Offender Registries: Florida
Responsible Agency: Florida Department of Law
Enforcement

Who is in the Registry?

Covered Offenses:
Covered offenses include committing, attempting,
soliciting, or conspiring to commit:  s.787.01
kidnaping (where the victim is a minor and the
defendant is not the victim's parent); s.787.02 false
imprisonment (where the victim is a minor and the
defendant is not the victim's parent); s.787.025
luring or enticing a child (where the victim is a
minor and the defendant is not the victim's parent);
s.794 sexual battery; s.796.03 procuring a person
under 18 for prostitution; s.800.04 lewd, lascivious
offenses committed upon or in the presence of persons
less than 16 years of age; s.825.1025 lewd or
lascivious offenses committed upon or in the presence
of an elderly person or disabled adult; s.827.071
sexual performance by a child: s.847.0133 protection
of minors; prohibition of certain acts in connection
with obscenity; s.847.0135 computer pornography;
s.847.0145 selling or buying of minors for portrayal
in a visual depiction engaging in sexually explicit
conduct.

Mandated Registrants:
There are two categories of mandated registrants,
sexual predators and sexual offenders.  Sexual
predators, a classification involving a written court
order, are (1) those convicted of (or found to have
committed) a capital, life or first degree felony
violation or any attempt thereof Chapter 794, s.787.01
(where the victim is a minor and the defendant is not
the victim's parent), s.787.02 (where the victim is a
minor and the defendant is not the victim's parent),
s.847.0145 or another violation of a similar law of
another jurisdiction on or after 10/1/1993 or (2)
those convicted of (or found to have committed) any
felony violation on or after 10/1/1993: s.787.01
(where the victim is a minor and the offender not the
victim's parent); s.787.02 (where the victim is minor
and the offender not the victim's parent); s.787.025
(where the victim is minor and the offender not the
victim's parent); s.794: s.796.03; s.800.04;
s.825.1025; s.827.071; s.847.0145; or a violation of a
similar law of another jurisdiction, and the offender
had previously, within a 10 year period, been
convicted of (or found to have committed) any
violation of: 787.01 (where the victim is a minor and
the offender is not the victim's parent); 787.02
(where the victim is a minor and the offender is not
the victim's parent); 787.025 (where the victim is a
minor and the offender is not the victim's parent)
794.011(2) sexual battery with injury child under 12
years of age; 794.011(3) sexual battery upon a person
12 years old or older with threats of deadly weapon or
physical force; 794.011(4) sexual battery upon a 12
year old or older (various circumstances); 794.011(5)
sexual battery upon a 12 year old or older without
physical force or violence; 794.011(8) solicit or
engage in sexual battery by person in familial or
custodial authority on a person under 18; 794.05
unlawful sexual activity with certain minors; 796.03
procuring person under 18 for prostitution; 800.04
lewd, lascivious offenses committed upon or in the
presence of persons less than 16 years of age;
825.1025 lewd , lascivious, offenses committed upon or
in the presence of an elderly person or disabled
adult; 827.071 sexual performance by a child; 847.0133
protection of minor - prohibition of certain acts in
connection with obscenity; 847.0135 computer
pornography; 847.0145 selling or buying of minors for
portrayal in a visual depiction engaging in sexually
explicit conduct; or a violation of a similar law of
another jurisdiction.  The sexual offender category
includes all other persons convicted of (or found to
have committed) any of the covered sexual offenses and
who were serving sanction for that offense on or after
10/1/1997 or anyone who established a permanent or
temporary residence in Florida and who has been
designated a sexual predator, a sexually violent
predator, or other sexual offender designation in
another State or jurisdiction and was subjected to
registration, or community notification, or would have
been if the person was a resident of that State or
jurisdiction.

Duration of Registration:
Lifetime for both sexual predators and for sexual
offenders.  Both types of offenders can apply to be
removed from the Registry after 20 offense-free years
following their release from criminal justice
supervision.  The court may grant or deny such relief
if the petitioner demonstrates to the court that he or
she has not been arrested for any crime since release,
the requested relief complies with federal standards
applicable to the removal of the designation and the
court is otherwise satisfied that the petitioner is
not a current or potential threat to public safety. 
Sexual predators who were designated before October 1,
1998 may apply to be removed from the registry within
the same restrictions and provisions as stated above,
after 10 offense-free years.  All offenders seeking
removal from the registry must apply to the court
through an attorney and pay all costs.  The decision
once the petitioner demonstrates compliance with the
federal guidelines is at the discretion of the court.

Offenders in Registry, 2/01:
20,000

Automation of Sex Offender 
Registries

Extent of database automation:
The Florida SOR has a fully automated database for
both text and fingerprints, operated by the Florida
Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE).

Database is linked to criminal history files
Yes. The Florida SOR is part of the State's "Offender
Database." When an entry is made into the SOR, the SOR
automatically updates the FDLE Internet website and
sends some information to the criminal history files.

SOR transmits electronically to FBI NSOR system
Yes.

SOR system has capability for electronic transmittal &
storage of fingerprints:
Yes.  The capability already exists and meets FBI
standards.

SOR system has capability for electronic 
transmittal and storage of mugshots:
Yes.

Operation of Sex Offender Registries

Source for Initial Information on Offender:
If the court classifies the offender as a "sexual
predator," the Clerk of Courts sends a hard copy of
the court order to the Florida Department of Law
Enforcement (FDLE) and to the Florida Department of
Corrections (FDC).  For incarcerated offenders, the
FDC electronically transmits registration information
to FDLE for any sexual offender or sexual predator
being released to the community or placed under
community supervision.  Local law enforcement agencies
send the FDLE registration data (in hard copy) on out-
of-state offenders or on those not under criminal
justice supervision. Additionally, the Clerks of the
Court submit fingerprint cards and any special
restrictions imposed by the court on offenders who are
not sentenced to incarceration for their qualifying
offense(s). 

DNA Sample:
Yes. The Florida DNA database is maintained by the
State Crime Lab.

Validation and Reregistration Procedures:
A.  State SOR Proactively Notifies Registrants:
Address verification for all offenders and predators
under the supervision or custody of the Florida
Department of Corrections (FDC) is conducted by the
FDC.  All other offender and predators are verified by
FDLE and local law enforcement.  FDLE conducts
quarterly mailouts to all predators and offenders
whose date of birth falls within that quarter. The
letters contain a signed response form that the
offender/predator must complete, sign and return to
FDLE within a specified timeframe.  Results from these
mailouts are recorded in the automated database.  This
information is made available to local law enforcement
through a closed intranet and by request.  Lists of
all offenders and predators who failed to respond to
the mailouts are available to and distributed to local
law enforcement to follow up with on-site
verification.  Likewise local law enforcement can
report their own address verification activities and
results directly to the offender's/ predator's record
in the registry.

SOR Notification Automated:
See above.

Penalties for Noncompliance:
Violation is a third degree felony.  A sexual predator
or offender who reports his or her intent to reside in
another State or jurisdiction, but who remains in this
State without reporting to the sheriff or the SOR in
the manner required commits a felony of the second
degree. 

Dissemination of Sex Offender 
Registry Information

To Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice 
Agencies:
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE),
which operates the SOR, enters sexual offender and
sexual predator data into Florida Crime Information
Center (FCIC) "hot files," which are accessible to
all State law enforcement personnel. When an offender
is released from incarceration, a teletype notice is
sent to all law enforcement agencies in the county
where the offender plans to reside. When the FDLE is
notified by the Florida Departments of Corrections
(FDC) or Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles (DHSMV) of
the change of address of a registered offender, the
FDLE transmits it to law enforcement agencies in the
county of residence and updates the FCIC hot file and
the NCIC SOR record.

To Organizations Serving Children, Elderly, and 
the Mentally Ill:
Organizational notification is a local responsibility. 
For those offenders classified as "sexual predators"
(determined by a court finding, based on type and/or
number of offenses), the Sheriff or Chief Law
Enforcement Officer of the jurisdiction where the
predator will reside is required to notify the public
(and organizations) "in a manner deemed appropriate"
in addition to the mandatory notification to all
schools and day cares within a one-mile radius of a
sexual predator's residence within 48 hours of law
enforcement's notification from the SOR.  For other
registered sexual offenders, notification is at the
discretion of the local law enforcement agency.

Procedures for Public Access:
The general public has access to SOR information
through the FDLE Internet Website, through a toll-free
phone line (1-888-357-7332), and through fliers and
leaflets produced for community notification on sexual
predators.

Internet Website: (include web address and 
number of hits per month, if applicable)
Yes.  http://www.fdle.state.fl.us Average 5 million
hits to the SOR site per month.

Summary of State Sex Offender Registries: Georgia
Responsible Agency: Georgia Bureau of Investigation

Who is in the Registry?

Covered Offenses:
Page 2 of OCGA 42-1-12(7)  Sexually violent offenses
and criminal offenses against a minor or an offense
that has as its element engaging in physical contact
with another person with intent to commit such an
offense. Criminal offenses against a victim who is a
minor include kidnaping, false imprisonment, or
criminal sexual conduct toward a minor; solicitation
of a minor to engage in sexual conduct or practice
prostitution; or any conduct that is a sexual offense
if committed against a minor.

Mandated Registrants:
On or after July 1, 1996, a person who is convicted of
a criminal offense against a victim who is a minor or
who is convicted of a sexually violent offense shall
register within 10 days after his or her release from
prison or placement on parole, supervised release, or
probation his or her name and current address; place
of employment, if any; the crime of which convicted;
and the date released from prison or placed on parole,
supervised release, or probation with the sheriff's
office in the county where such person will reside. 

Duration of Registration:
10 years for sexual offenders.  Lifetime for Sexually
Violent Predators.  Individuals classified as Sexually
Violent Predators may apply to the Review Board after
three years on unsupervised release to have their
status changed to sexual offender.  The Review Board
submits a report and a recommendation to the
sentencing court which makes the final decision.  As
of  July 1, 1999, lifetime for individuals who have
one or more prior convictions for any of the covered
offenses And, lifetime for individuals who have been
convicted of an aggravated offense such as aggravated
child molestation or aggravated sexual battery.

Offenders in Registry, 2/01:
4,564

Automation of Sex Offender 
Registries

Extent of database automation:
The Georgia text database is fully automated.    
The Department of Corrections Division and State Board
of Pardons and Paroles electronically enter records to
the Georgia Sex Offender Registry on sex offenders who
are released from prisons and placed on probation,
parole or supervised release after July 1, 1996.  

Database is linked to criminal history files:
Yes.  While the Georgia SOR is a separate database, it
is linked to the State's criminal history file. A
query to the SOR will not get the full criminal
history in response, but any criminal history check
will get the SOR information.

SOR transmits electronically to FBI NSOR 
system:
Yes. The entry of an offender registration into the
Georgia Sexually Violent Offender Registry (SVOR)
automatically triggers an electronic message to the
FBI (and also to the sheriff of the offender's county
of residence).

SOR system has capability for electronic 
transmittal & storage of fingerprints:
Yes. The capability now exists to store all necessary
fingerprint information concerning the SVOR.

SOR system has capability for electronic 
transmittal and storage of mugshots:
Yes. The Department of Corrections Division and State
Board of Pardons and Paroles are automated. A mugshot
is submitted with each entry and mugshots are being
added to the existing sex offender registry files.

Operation of Sex Offender Registries

Source for Initial Information on Offender:
Information on offenders comes from the Department of
Corrections (through individual prisons in the Prison
Division and from the Probation Division), and State
Board of Pardons and Paroles and is submitted
electronically via the CJIS network.  This entry
automatically triggers an electronic message to the
FBI NSOR and also to the sheriff of the offender's
county of residence.

DNA Sample:
Yes. The Division of Forensic Science is responsible
for the DNA samples and database.

Validation and Reregistration Procedures:
A.  State SOR Proactively Notifies Registrants:
Yes. The  SVOR unit sends out certified notification
letters (annually for sexual offenders, every 90 days
for sexual predators), and the offender must respond
confirming his address.  If a letter is returned as
undeliverable, the SVOR unit notifies the local
sheriff, who conducts a physical check.  If the
offender is not located, the sheriff issues a warrant
for his arrest.

B. SOR Notification Automated:
Yes. 

C. Penalties for Noncompliance:
First time the offender fails to comply, he/she is
guilty of a misdemeanor.  Failure to report a second
and any subsequent times will result in a felony and
shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than
one nor more than three years.

Dissemination of Sex Offender 
Registry Information

To Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice 
Agencies:
Dissemination to law enforcement and criminal justice
agencies takes place in two ways.  When the Georgia
Crime Information Center (GCIC) enters or updates
information in the Sexually Violent Offender Registry
(SVOR), that action automatically triggers a notice to
the sheriff of the offender's county of residence as
well as a notice to FBI.  The information is available
to other law enforcement and criminal justice agencies
through a criminal history query.

To Organizations Serving Children, Elderly, and 
the Mentally Ill:
The sheriff may prepare a list of all sexual offenders
by to specifically include sexual predators, providing
each person's name, address, and photograph.  The
sheriff shall update the list periodically and may
post such list in a prominent and visible location in
the sheriff's office and each city hall or primary
administrative building of every incorporated
municipality within the county.  Such list shall also
be made available upon request to any public or
private elementary, secondary, or post-secondary
school or educational institution located in the
county.

Procedures for Public Access:
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation or any sheriff
maintaining records required under this Code section
shall release relevant information collected under
this Code section that is necessary to protect the
public concerning those persons required to register
under this Code section, except that the identity of a
victim of an offense that requires registration under
this Code section shall not be released.  In addition
to any other notice that may be necessary to protect
the public, nothing in this Code section shall prevent
any sheriff from posting this information in any
public building in addition to those locations
enumerated in subparagraph (b)(1)(B) of the Code
section. 

Internet Website: (include web address and 
number of hits per month if applicable) 
The public may utilize the Internet website to view
all sex offenders listed in Georgia.  The web address
is: http://www.ganet.org/gbi/disclaim.html The site
receives approximately 250,000 hits per month.

Summary of State Sex Offender Registries: Hawaii
Responsible Agency: Hawaii Criminal Justice Data
Center

Who is in the Registry?

Covered Offenses:
Sexually violent offenses and criminal offenses
against a victim who is a minor are covered in the
Hawaii legislation. 

Mandated Registrants:
Any offender who has been convicted of a covered
offense is required to register.  The law applies
retroactively to any offender who has ever been
convicted of a covered crime in the State of Hawaii,
independent of the date of conviction.

Duration of Registration:
Lifetime.  

Offenders in Registry, 2/01:
There are over 1,500 individuals in the Registry, as
of 2/01.  Estimates of additional persons convicted of
qualifying offenses but who have not registered range
from 500 to 3,000.

Automation of Sex Offender 
Registries

Extent of database automation:
Partial.  The SOR text database is fully automated and
is managed by the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center
(HCJDC). Submissions from outlying criminal justice
agencies, however, may be in hard copy. The capability
for out-of-state transmission is limited, and the
capability to capture, store, and transmit
fingerprints or mugshots electronically is limited.

Database is linked to criminal history files:
Yes.  A query to either the criminal history files or
to the Sex Offender Registry also triggers a check of
the alternate database and release of relevant
information.

SOR transmits electronically to FBI NSOR 
system:
No, not as of February 1, 2001.

SOR system has capability for electronic 
transmittal & storage of fingerprints:
As of 2/01, partial capability exists.  Hawaii's AFIS
is undergoing a major upgrade to incorporate livescan
and digital transmission from the HCJDC to the FBI and
its national databases, but local Hawaiian
jurisdictions still have to take fingerprints manually
and submit hard copy cards to HCJDC.

SOR system has capability for electronic 
transmittal and storage of mugshots:
As of 2/01 the HCJDC has installed a mugshot system to
capture and display photos of registered sex offenders
and other arrested offenders, and is able to display
those photos to criminal justice agencies throughout
the State. 

Operation of Sex Offender Registries

Source for Initial Information on Offender:
County police and sheriff departments and other
agencies of jurisdiction provide registration data 
to the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center (HCJDC) 
when the offender is released to the community or 
appears at his local law enforcement agency to register. 
Local agencies can use direct, online entry if they
have computer connections to the HCJDC registry. 
Local police departments also take the offender's
fingerprints and mugshot and send hard copy of those
items to HCJDC.

DNA Sample:
No.

Validation and Reregistration Procedures:
A.  State SOR Proactively Notifies Registrants:
No, as of 2/01.  Address validation was not conducted
at that time.  (A requirement for address verification
every 90 days for all sex offenders became effective
July 1, 1998.  Under this program, HCJDC sends mailers
to all registered offenders every 90 days, and
monitors responses for accuracy, for updating
information and for potential arrests and prosecution
by appropriate agencies in instances of noncompliance.

SOR Notification Automated:
As of 2/01, not applicable. (Under the address
validation program initiated 7/1/98, the process is
partially automated. Offender data required for
notification is extracted every 90 days from the
registry, and letters are generated for the mailing.)

Penalties for Noncompliance:
Misdemeanor or a felony Class C.

Dissemination of Sex Offender 
Registry Information

To Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Agencies:
Law enforcement and criminal justice agencies can
access SOR data through searches of the criminal
history files maintained by Hawaii Criminal Justice
Data Center (HCJDC).

To Organizations Serving Children, Elderly, and the
Mentally Ill:
Public information on registered sex offenders is
available to schools, and organizations serving
children, the elderly, the mentally ill, or other
vulnerable populations at the HCJDC office, at main
county police stations and on the Internet.

Procedures for Public Access:
Hawaii's legislation specifies the specific items of
SOR data that are to be accessible to the public.
Public record registration data is currently available
at the main county police departments, at the Hawaii
Criminal Justice Data Center (HCJDC), and on the
Internet.  This information is also integrated into
the Criminal History Public Access facility, which can
be used by the general public for background checks
via various search options.

Internet Website: (include web address and number 
of hits per month, if applicable)
Yes. http://www.ehawaiigov.org/HI_SOR/

Summary of State Sex Offender Registries: Idaho
Responsible Agency: Idaho State Police

Who is in the Registry?

Covered Offenses:
Sex offender registration applies to person convicted
of the crime or an attempt, a solicitation, or a
conspiracy to commit one or more of the following
felony offenses enumerated in Idaho Code .18-8304:
assault with attempt to commit rape, infamous crime
against nature, or lewd and lascivious conduct with a
minor, but excluding mayhem, murder or robbery;
battery with attempt to commit rape, infamous crime
against nature, or lewd and lascivious conduct with a
minor, but excluding mayhem, murder or robbery; sexual
abuse of a child under sixteen years of age;
ritualized abuse of a child; sexual exploitation of a
child; possession of sexually exploitative material
for other than commercial purposes; lewd conduct with
a minor child; sexual battery of a minor child sixteen
or seventeen years of age; murder committed in
perpetration of rape or in perpetration of lewd
conduct with a child less than twelve years of age;
indecent exposure, but excluding a misdemeanor
conviction; first degree kidnaping committed for the
purpose of rape, committing the infamous crime against
nature or for committing any lewd and lascivious act
upon any child under the age of  sixteen, or for
purposes of sexual gratification or arousal; second
degree kidnaping where the victim is an unrelated
minor child; rape, but excluding where the female and
defendant are eighteen years of age or younger; male
rape; incest; crime against nature; and forcible
sexual penetration by use of a foreign object.

Mandated Registrants:
Any person who, (1) on or after July 1, 1993, is 
convicted of a crime, or an attempt, a solicitation,
or conspiracy to commit a crime provided for above,
(2) enters the State on or after July 1, 1993 and who
has been convicted of any crime, an attempt, a
solicitation or a conspiracy to commit a crime in
another State, territory, commonwealth, or other
jurisdiction of the United States, including tribal
courts and military courts, that is substantially
equivalent to the offenses listed in the section
above, (3) pleads guilty to or has been found guilty
of a crime covered in this chapter prior to July 1,
1993, and the person, as a result of the offense, is
incarcerated in a county jail facility or a penal
facility or is under probation or parole supervision,
on or after July 1, 1993, (4) is a nonresident
regularly employed or working in Idaho or is a student
in the State and was convicted, found guilty or
pleaded guilty to a crime covered by this chapter and,
as a result of such conviction, finding or plea, is
required to register in his State of residence. 

Duration of Registration:
Registration is for the life of the offender. 
However, a registered sex offender other than a
recidivist or an offender designated as violent sexual
predator, may petition the court for exemption from
the duty to maintain registration after a period of 10
years from the date of release from incarceration or
of placement on parole or probation, whichever is
greater.  Idaho Code .18-8310 of the registration law
lists the conditions for the petition.

Offenders in Registry, 2/01:
1,778

Automation of Sex Offender 
Registries    

Extent of database automation: 
The Central Sex Offender database is automated and
available to law enforcement electronically.  The
Department of Corrections, courts and local law
enforcement agencies submit registration documents to
the Central registry in hard copy form.
 
Database is linked to criminal history files:
No.  The SOR is maintained separately from the
criminal history files to avoid any confusion in the
access requirements because of the different laws
governing each.  However, the SOR can be accessed
through the Idaho Law Enforcement Telecommunications
System (ILETS) and is automated as a "hot file"--that
is, it comes up on routine traffic stop inquiries,
etc.             
 
SOR transmits electronically to FBI NSOR 
system:
Yes.
 
SOR system has capability for electronic 
transmittal & storage of fingerprints:  
As of 2/01, partial capability exists.  The capacity
for electronic storage and transmission of
fingerprints exists through the State's AFIS, which is
also housed in the Bureau of Criminal Identification,
Idaho State Police (ISP), but fingerprint submissions
to the SOR from other agencies are in hard copy and
require scanning.    
 
SOR system has capability for electronic 
transmittal and storage of mugshots:  
No. The photo systems are in at both ISP and DOC,
however the networking issues have not permitted the
electronic exchange as yet.

Operation of Sex Offender Registries

Source for Initial Information on Offender:
"Initial" registration data is forwarded from courts,
Department of Corrections and sheriff's departments in
hard copy form to the Central Registry.  (1) Within 10
days of coming into a county to establish residence or
temporary domicile, the sex offender must register in
person with the sheriff.  (2) Within 10 days of
commencement of employment or enrollment in an
educational institution, the nonresident sex offender
must register in person with the sheriff of the county
where employed or enrolled.  (3) Prior to commencement
of employment in counseling, coaching, teaching,
supervising, or working with minors in any way
regardless of the period of employment, the
nonresident sex offender must register in person with
the sheriff of the county where employed.  (This
information is also forwarded to the central registry
in hard copy form.) 

DNA Sample:
Yes, but blood and/or DNA samples are collected under
a separate law.  That process is administered by
Bureau of Forensic Services

Validation and Reregistration Procedures:
A. State SOR Proactively Notifies Registrants:
Yes. At the time of conviction or release from
incarceration, a sex offender subject to registration
is provided notice of the requirements of
registration.  Notification is achieved by completion
of the Notification and Initial Registration Form SOR-
1.  On the first of the month containing the
anniversary of a sex offender's last local
registration, the central registry mails a non-
forwardable notice of annual registration to the
offender's last reported address. Within 10 days of
the mailing date of the notice, the offender must
reregister in person with the sheriff. 

B. SOR Notification Automated:
No.

C. Penalties for Noncompliance:
Yes, a sex offender subject to registration who fails
to register or provide required notice is guilty of a
felony and may be sentenced by the court to
imprisonment for a period of 5 years and fined $5,000. 
If the offender is on probation or supervised release
at the time of the violation, the probation or release
shall be revoked and the penalty for violating the
registration law shall be served consecutively to the
offender's original sentence.  In addition, a sex
offender subject to registration who willfully
provides false or misleading information in the
registration is guilty of a felony and may be
sentenced by the court to imprisonment for a period of
5 years and fined $5,000.

Dissemination of Sex Offender 
Registry Information

To Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice 
Agencies:
The text content of the SOR is available online to all
criminal justice agencies with access to the Idaho Law
Enforcement Telecommunications System (ILETS). When a
law enforcement officer makes a driver's license
inquiry or a wanted person inquiry (State or
national), ILETS will cross-check the automated SOR
database.

To Organizations Serving Children, Elderly, and the
Mentally Ill:
Schools and nonprofit organizations working with
youth, women or other vulnerable populations are
exempt from payment of the fees to access registry
information.  Schools and such nonprofit organizations
may request statewide lists from the central registry. 
They may make inquiries or specified individuals or
requests for lists by county or zip code to either the
central registry or county sheriff.  Schools and
nonprofit organizations may also request Internet
access through a password protected database on the
department's website.

Procedures for Public Access:
Any person may inquire on a named individual or
request a list of registered sex offenders by zip code
or county.  This is accomplished through a written
public information request submitted to the central
registry or a local sheriff.  Information provided in
response to a public request is limited to the
offender's name, address, aliases, date of birth,
crime(s) of conviction, place(s) of conviction, and
status as a violent sexual predator.  All responses to
individual inquiries or requests for lists will
include a cautionary statement concerning misuse of
the information.  Further distribution of registry
information or lists must include this cautionary
statement.  The central registry and sheriffs are
authorized to charge $5 for each inquiry on a named
individual and each request for a list of offenders. 
Any person may also request a photograph of a
registered sex offender from the central registry. 
ISP charges $5 for each individual photograph.  (A
bill known under consideration in the Idaho 2001
Legislative session would allow the Idaho State Police
to provide free web access to all public information
in the database.)

Internet Website: (include web address and number of
hits per month, if applicable)
http://www.isp.state.id.us/

Summary of State Sex Offender Registries: Illinois
Responsible Agency: Illinois State Police

Who is in the Registry?

Covered Offenses:
Convictions and attempts of criteria felony sex
offenses were registerable as of July 16, 1986.  Other
violent offenses were added in 1996; the murder of a
child, kidnaping, unlawful restraint and misdemeanor
sex offenses or attempts were added July 24, 1997.  As
of July 1, 1999, other offenses added to the registry
were forcible detention, if the victim is under 18
years of age, indecent solicitation of an adult,
soliciting for a prostitute, if the victim is under 18
years of age, pandering if the victim is under 18
years of age, and convictions of comparable crimes in
another State, country or in Federal court are covered
in the Illinois law.

Mandated Registrants:
Individuals convicted of a covered offense or found
not guilty by reason of insanity on or after July 16,
1986, are required to register. As of July 1, 1999,
adjudicated juvenile sex offenders were required to
register.  Adjudicated sex offenders classified as
sexually dangerous and sexually violent are required
to register.  Since July 1, 1999, all sex offenders
fitting the definition of a predator are also required
to register.  Sex offenders living in another State
but working in Illinois or attending school are also
mandated to register.

Duration of Registration:
Persons classified as sexual offenders must register
for 10 years from the date of their conviction if
sentenced to probation or for 10 years from the date
of their release, discharge, or parole if they were
confined.  A 10-year extension to a sex offender's
registration requirement can be administratively added
by the Illinois State Police for violations of the
Registration Act.  For individuals classified as
sexually dangerous persons, sexually violent persons,
or sexual predators lifetime registration is required.

Offenders in Registry, 2/01
There are 16,551 total number of sex offenders in the
Registry, 13,930 of whom have registered.          

Automation of Sex Offender 
Registries

Extent of database automation:
The Illinois SOR has a fully automated text database.
The "initial notification" is done at the time of
conviction if the offender receives a probation
sentence, or prior to release, discharge, or parole if
he is confined. The LEADS system can serve as a
"tickler" system if a law enforcement agency queries
their jurisdiction for the sex offenders.  Running
individual LEADS numbers can provide the agency with
the status of the sex offender, those who have failed
to register, the last day the sex offender is required
to register, date of conviction, county of conviction,
LEADS add-ons showing any stops made by any law
enforcement agency, place of employment, and so on 
While the text database it self is automated, much of
the data entry is manual.

Database is linked to criminal history files:
Partially--it is linked for law enforcement purposes. 
Any routine law enforcement query of LEADS elicits SOR
information together with the criminal history record. 
However, background checks for employment normally
check only criminal history records. 

SOR transmits electronically to FBI NSOR system:
Yes.  As of October 1999, Illinois provides SOR data
to the FBI system electronically through NCIC 2000.

SOR system has capability for electronic 
transmittal & storage of fingerprints:
Yes. This capability is available through the
Illinois AFIS system.

SOR system has capability for electronic 
transmittal and storage of mugshots:
No.  Photos are part of the sex offender registry, 
but as of February 2001, they are not digitized.  
NSOR grant money is presently being used to work 
on this project.

Operation of Sex Offender Registries

Source for Initial Information on Offender:
Initial information is derived from the sentencing
court (if the offender receives probation) or from 
the county jail or the Department of Corrections,
hospital, or mental health facility (if the offender
is confined).  Subsequent information comes from the
local law enforcement agency when the offender
registers in person.  

DNA Sample:
Yes, but not as part of the SOR.  DNA sampling is part
of a separate CODIS system within the Illinois State
Police.

Validation and Reregistration Procedures:
A.  State SOR Proactively Notifies Registrants:
Yes.  Annual notification notices for sexual
offenders--and quarterly notices for those classified
as high risk offenders--are sent as non-forwardable
letters by the Intelligence Bureau of the Illinois
State Police.  Registering law enforcement agencies
are also required to verify addresses annually.

B.  SOR Notification Automated:
Yes. 

C.  Penalties for Noncompliance:
Noncompliance is a Class 4 felony, punishable by one
to three years in prison. A $500 fine that is to be
shared with the local law enforcement agency and a
mandatory 7 days in jail is also required of sex
offenders that are convicted for a compliance
violation.

Dissemination of Sex Offender 
Registry Information

To Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Agencies:
SOR information is available online, 24 hours per day,
to every Illinois law enforcement agency through the
Illinois Law Enforcement Agencies Data System (LEADS). 
The status of a specific offender (registered, not
registered, conditions of parole/probation, etc.) is
immediately available to any agency conducting a
routine query, including a traffic stop.

To Organizations Serving Children, Elderly, and 
the Mentally Ill:
The Illinois State Police (ISP) provide quarterly
lists of sex offenders to all schools, child care
facilities, and to the Illinois Department of Children
and Family Services.  Local law enforcement agencies
developed lists of local organizations that serve
children and make sex offender information available
to them.  By administrative rule, each law enforcement
agency must designate a liaison to assist schools,
child care facilities, youth groups, and the public
regarding access and use of SOR information.  Lists of
adjudicated juvenile sex offenders are provided to
schools and licensed day cares throughout Illinois.
Secondary dissemination of juvenile information is
prohibited.

Procedures for Public Access:
The local law enforcement "liaison" (see above)
assists the public in access and use of the SOR
information when an offender is identified as working
or residing in circumstances that might compromise
public safety. The Illinois State Police (ISP) also
operates a victim notification program (at the
victim's request, he/she is notified of the offender's
release, address changes, death of offender, etc.)
Local law enforcement agencies also have discretion to
provide SOR information to any person or entity likely
to encounter the offender.

Internet Website: (include web address and number of
hits per month, if applicable)
Yes, the Illinois sex offender website has been online
since November 15, 1999.  The public can search by
city, county, zip code, name, and multiple searches. 
Adjudicated juvenile sex offenders are not on the
website by law.  An e-mail address is provided for any
questions or tips the public may have regarding sex
offenders on the website. 
http://samnet.isp.state.il.us/ispso2/sex_offenders/
index.asp 

Summary of State Sex Offender Registries: Indiana
Responsible Agency: Indiana Criminal Justice Institute

Who is in the Registry?

Covered Offenses:
Rape, criminal deviate conduct, child molesting, child
exploitation, vicarious sexual gratification, child
solicitation, child seduction, sexual battery, sexual
misconduct with a minor as a Class A or B felony,
incest, also kidnaping if the victim is under 18 years
of age, and criminal confinement if the victim is
under 18 years.

Mandated Registrants:
The following persons are required to register: 
anyone convicted in Indiana of the first 10 crimes
after June 30, 1994; anyone convicted of last two
crimes after June 30, 1998; persons residing in
Indiana but convicted of substantially equivalent
offenses in other States after the effective dates;
juveniles 14 or over, who are adjudicated delinquent
in Indiana after June 30, 1996, for an act that would
be a covered offense if committed by an adult and
found by a court to be likely to repeat such an act.

Duration of Registration:
Local registration is required for 10 years following 
the sexual offender's  release to the community for
everyone except those determined to be sexually
violent predators.  For sexually violent predators,
the registration requirement is for an "indefinite"
period.  Persons identified as sexually violent
predators may petition the court, at least 10 years
after sentencing, to have the determination of
sexually violent predator removed from their name on
the Registry.  While local registration is required
for 10 years, an offender's name appears in the
State's Sex and Violent Offender Registry (SVOR) for
his lifetime.  Currently, there is no provision for
petitioning for the removal of a name from the central
registry once it is listed.

Offenders in Registry, 2/01:
Approximately 11,656

Automation of Sex Offender 
Registries

Extent of database automation:
Partial. The SVOR text database itself is automated,
but it is not linked to other automated systems or to
local law enforcement agencies. The Indiana State 
SVOR consists of 4 separate databases of qualifying
offenders: one section prospectively covers the period
since 1994 when the SVOR was established by statute,
and three sections retrospectively cover periods
before the legislation was enacted--a Department of
Corrections database, a prosecuting attorneys'
database, and a State Police database.  

Database is linked to criminal history files:
No. Indiana criminal history files are maintained by
the State Police.  The SVOR database is maintained by
the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI). 
Indiana data for the National Sex Offender Registry
(NSOR) will be transmitted to the FBI by the State
Police criminal records repository, not via the SVOR
maintained by ICJI.

SOR transmits electronically to FBI NSOR 
system:
No. As of 2/01, this capacity does not exist within
the ICJI.

SOR system has capability for electronic 
transmittal & storage of fingerprints:
As of 2/01, with the support of BJS NCHIP funds, the
required livescan equipment has been placed in 31 of
Indiana's 92 counties representing the largest
population areas in the State.  Final testing of local
equipment and work on the hardware required at the
State level is underway.  1998 legislation directs
that correctional facilities releasing a qualifying
offender provide his fingerprints (and other
identifiers including a photo) to the State Police,
and that the State Police send the fingerprints to the
FBI.

SOR system has capability for electronic 
transmittal and storage of mugshots:
No, not as of 2/01. (see preceding section for
information on the installation of equipment required
for this technology.)

Operation of Sex Offender Registries

Source for Initial Information on Offender:
Current information is submitted to the Indiana
Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI), by the State
courts, the State Department of Corrections, local
jails, local law enforcement agencies, county
prosecutors and other State criminal justice agencies. 
All information is submitted in hard copy.

DNA Sample:
No.
 
Validation and Reregistration Procedures:
A.  State SOR Proactively Notifies Registrants:
Legislation effective 7/1/98 institutes annual
verification (quarterly for predators), but makes
local law enforcement agencies responsible for the
notification letters to offenders, conducting
verification, and conducting follow-up.  The local law
enforcement agency notifies the State SVOR if the
offender fails to return a signed verification form.

B. SOR Notification Automated:
Effective 7/1/98, local law enforcement agencies
implemented the notification procedures.  The degree
of automation within local agencies is not known, but
larger departments may automate the notification
process.  

C. Penalties for Noncompliance:
The first offense is a D felony.  Subsequent offenses
are C felonies.  The penalty for a D felony is 1-1/2
years in prison with not more than 1-1/2 years added
for aggravating circumstances or 1 year subtracted for
mitigating circumstances.  The penalty for a C felony
is 4 years in prison with not more than 4 years added
for aggravating circumstances and not more than 2
years subtracted for mitigating circumstances.  Both C
and D felony penalties also can include a $10,000
fine.  

Dissemination of Sex Offender 
Registry Information

To Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice 
Agencies:
The SVOR data is available to State law enforcement
and criminal justice agencies in response to queries,
but it is not on a computerized network directly
accessible to law enforcement agencies.  Agencies also
may obtain copies of the updates sent to schools and
youth organizations.

To Organizations Serving Children, Elderly, and the
Mentally Ill:
The SVOR data and all updates are sent (in hard copy)
to all public and private schools, the Indiana Family
and Social Services Administration and their licensees
(such as group homes), the State personnel department,
and to agencies that work with children and have
requested copies.  The SVOR unit also places copies in
all public county libraries.  This information
contains all four databases. The Indiana Criminal
Justice Institute (ICJI) has also made SVOR
information available on a computer diskette.  

Procedures for Public Access:
The general public has access to SOR data in hard copy
in public libraries throughout the State and on the
State of Indiana website on the Internet.  It also has
been made available on computer diskette.  The SVOR
data available to the public does not include street
addresses, but does reflect all four databases.

Internet Website: (include web address and number of
hits per month, if applicable)
Yes.  The Indiana SOR is on the Internet at
http://www.state.in.us/serv/cji_sor

Summary of State Sex Offender Registries: Iowa
Responsible Agency: Iowa Department of Public Safety

Who is in the Registry?

Covered Offenses:
Covered offenses include convictions or adjudications 
for criminal offenses against a minor, aggravated
offenses, sexual exploitation, and sexually violent
offenses, in the State or in another State, or in any
federal, military, tribal or foreign court.

Mandated Registrants:
Individuals convicted or adjudicated of a covered
offense on or after July 1, 1995, or who were on
probation, parole or work release status, or who were
incarcerated on or after July 1, 1995 must register. 
Requirement includes individuals who have received a
deferred sentence or deferred judgment.  As of 7/1/98,
individuals moving into Iowa who were required to
register in the State they are moving from must
register with the State of Iowa.  Non-resident full-
time or part-time students and/or workers must also
register.

Duration of Registration:
Sexual offenders must register for 10 years from the
date of their release to the community.  Sexually
violent predators (those convicted of a qualifying
offense as specified in the federal Violent Crime
Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, Public Law
No. 103-322) must register for life. Any offender who
is convicted of a second or subsequent offense that
requires registration must register for life.  Any
offender who is convicted of an aggravated offense
must register for life.

Offenders in Registry, 2/01:
3,921

Automation of Sex Offender Registries

Extent of database automation:
The SOR text database itself is automated, with manual
entry of the text from hard copy submissions. The Iowa
SOR is maintained as a totally separate database in
the "Iowa On-line Warrants and Articles System" (IOWA
System), the IOWA equivalent to NCIC.  The Iowa System
can interface directly with the FBI NSOR and that link
is expected to be complete by the Fall of 2001.

Database is linked to criminal history files:
No.

SOR transmits electronically to FBI NSOR system:
No. The process is in development with completion
expected in the Fall of  2001.

SOR system has capability for electronic 
transmittal & storage of fingerprints:
No. A hard copy of the fingerprint card is maintained
in a file folder together with the original
registration documents. The only way to access the SOR
fingerprints is to contact DCI staff and make a
specific request.

SOR system has capability for electronic 
transmittal and storage of mugshots:
No. A hard copy of the photo is maintained in a file
folder together with the original registration
documents and the fingerprint card. The only way to
access the photo is to contact DCI staff and make a
specific request.  The photo is then copied and sent
by U.S. mail, fax, or e-mail attachment.

Operation of Sex Offender Registries

Source for Initial Information on Offender:
The SOR receives registration information when an
offender is released to the community. It comes from
the Department of Corrections or county jail if
offender was confined, from the Iowa Department of
Correctional Services if the offender received a
probation sentence, from the court if the sentence was
a fine only, and from the Department of Human Services
if offender is an adjudicated juvenile. All agencies
submit information in hard copy for manual data entry.

DNA Sample:
No

Validation and Reregistration Procedures:
A. State SOR Proactively Notifies Registrants:
Yes. Under both the original and amended legislation,
notification of the address verification requirement
is conducted by the Division of Criminal
Investigation, Department of Public Safety.  Mail
verification is required annually during the
anniversary month of initial registration. 
Verification is required every 90 days for offenders
classified as "sexually violent predators" (based on
conviction offenses specified in federal Violent Crime
Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994.)

SOR Notification Automated:
Yes.

Penalties for Noncompliance:
The first offense is an aggravated misdemeanor,
punishable by up to two years incarceration.  A second
or subsequent offense is a class D felony, punishable
by up to five years imprisonment. If a registrant is
noncompliant and commits another sex crime he/she
faces a class C felony punishable up to 10 years.

Dissemination of Sex Offender 
Registry Information

To Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Agencies:
The SOR data from the Department of Public Safety
(DPS) is directly accessible to all law enforcement
and criminal justice agencies in the State having
access to "Iowa On-line Warrants and Articles System"
(IOWA System). 

To Organizations Serving Children, Elderly, and the
Mentally Ill:
Legislation effective 7/1/98 states that for
registrant classified "at risk", affirmative public
notification may include "notification of agencies or
organizations in the community in which the registrant
lives, is employed or attends school." Under both
original and amended legislation, the offender
receives prior notice of any public notification plans
and may appeal.

Procedures for Public Access:
Current legislation (effective 7/1/98) allows for
registry information to be disseminated from sheriffs'
offices and police departments provided that the
requester provides the name of the person on which the
inquiry is being made; and one additional identifier:
date of birth or address.  A requester may also ask
for a list of all registrants in that county who have
been determined to be "at risk" to re-offend.  No
identifiers are needed.  Affirmative public
notification may be made on "at risk" offenders by any
local law enforcement agency based on information
provided by DPS.  Affirmative public notification may
include the offender's name, address, photograph,
locations frequented by the offender, and relevant
criminal history.  Registry information on "at risk"
offenders may be distributed to the public by printed
materials, visual or audio press releases, and by the
criminal or juvenile justice agency's web page. 

Internet Website: (include web address and number of
hits per month, if applicable)
Since March 17, 2000, information on "at risk"
offenders has been available on the DPS web site:
http://www.iowasexoffenders.com   Currently,
information on over 800 "at risk" offenders is
available.  The web site generates an average of
approximately 9000 hits per month.

Summary of State Sex Offender Registries: Kansas
Responsible Agency: Kansas Office of the Attorney
General

Who is in the Registry?
          
Covered Offenses:
The following offenses are covered: (A): rape,
indecent liberties with a child, aggravated indecent
liberties with a child, criminal sodomy, aggravated
criminal sodomy, indecent solicitation of a child,
aggravated indecent solicitation of a child, sexual
exploitation of a child, sexual battery, aggravated
sexual battery, and aggravated incest.  (B): capital
murder, murder in the first and second degree,
voluntary and involuntary manslaughter (C): kidnaping
or criminal restraint (except by parent) when victim
is under 18, adultery, criminal sodomy, promoting
prostitution, patronizing a prostitute, lewd  and
lascivious behavior, and unlawful sexual relations;
when one party is under 18.  Also covered is any
attempt, conspiracy or criminal solicitation to commit
any of the above listed offenses.                      
                   
Mandated Registrants:
Anyone convicted of the offenses in List (A) on or
after April 14, 1994, must register, if the offense
itself occurred on or after April 14, 1994 the
registration is public record.  Anyone convicted of
offenses in List (B)  or List (C) on or after July 1,
1997, must register, if the offense itself occurred on
or after July 1, 1997, then the registration is public
record.

Duration of Registration:
The duration of the registration requirement is 10
years.  Lifetime registration is required if the
offender has a second conviction for any covered
offense.  Lifetime registration is also required for
anyone convicted for a first offense of rape or
aggravated criminal sodomy (or attempt, conspiracy, or
criminal solicitation) involving penetration of the
victim of any age through use of force or threat of
serious violence or penetration of a victim less than
14 years of age.

Offenders in Registry, 2/01:
1,794

Automation of Sex Offender Registries

Extent of database automation:
The Kansas SOR has a fully automated text database.

Database is linked to criminal history files:
The Kansas Offender Registry (OR) is not linked to the
State's criminal history database.  However, data
available to criminal justice agencies is replicated
daily to a "hot file." The Kansas Offender Registry
Hot File can be accessed through the State's criminal
justice information system and NLETS.

SOR transmits electronically to FBI NSOR system:
The KBI attempted to manually support the FBI's NCIC
Sex Offender Registry file.  However, the task was too
burdensome and time consuming.  Information entered is
maintained but no new offenders are being added. 
Fields must be added to the current Kansas OR database
before an electronic interface to NCIC can be
implemented.

SOR system has capability for electronic transmittal &
storage of fingerprints:
Limited.  Court service officers and parole officers
have primary responsibility for the initial sex
offender registration.  Many such offices do not have
fingerprint equipment.  While the State has an AFIS
with livescan capabilities, this is not practical for
smaller jurisdictions. 

SOR system has capability for electronic transmittal
and storage of mugshots:
Limited. As of 2/01, digital photography is being used
by the State's eight court services offices.

Operation of Sex Offender Registries

Source for Initial Information on Offender:
The initial information on an offender is submitted to
the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) by the
institution releasing the offender to the community
(the Department of Corrections, a jail, or the court). 
The offender then registers with the local sheriff in
his county of residence.  If the offender is no longer
under criminal justice supervision, he registers with
the local sheriff's office, which also forwards the
registration to KBI.  All information is received at
KBI in hard copy for manual data entry.

DNA Sample:
Yes. DNA is required for all offenders convicted of
offenses requiring registration.  If it is not
obtained during incarceration, a sample is taken at
the time of registration.

Validation and Reregistration Procedures:
A.  State SOR Proactively Notifies Registrants:
Yes.  Address verification letters are sent out by
Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) which administers
the SOR program.  Legislative amendments include
requirement to verify addresses of all registrants
every 90 days.

B.  SOR Notification Automated:
Yes.  The SOR database is designed to automatically
generate address verification letters and to allow
tracking of responses and of the dispositions on
actions taken.

C.  Penalties for Noncompliance:
Violation of any portion of the Kansas Offender
Registration Act is a Level 10 Non Person Felony.

Dissemination of Sex Offender 
Registry Information

To Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Agencies:
The KBI notifies county prosecutors and law
enforcement agencies of any offender noncompliance of
the Act such as failure to report address changes or
return quarterly address verification forms.  Criminal
justice agencies have access to the OR data through
the Kansas Criminal Justice Information System (KCJIS)
and the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications
System (NLETS).

To Organizations Serving Children, Elderly, and the
Mentally Ill:
As of 2/01, the State does not mandate any action for
affirmative notification.  

Procedures for Public Access:
The general public has access to SOR information 
through an Internet website.  Members of the public
may also inspect registration records at a local
sheriff's office or at the Kansas Bureau of
Investigation.  (The date of commission of specific
offenses determine whether an offender's registration
information is a public record. See "Mandated
Registrants")

Internet Website: (include web address and number of
hits per month, if applicable)
Yes.  The Kansas SOR website is operated by the Kansas
Bureau of Investigation (KBI).  The website averages
6,800 hits per month.
http://www.ink.org/public/kbi/kbiregoffpage.html

Summary of State Sex Offender Registries: Kentucky 
Responsible Agency: Kentucky State Police

Who is in the Registry?

Covered Offenses:
All felony sex crimes: Rape 1, 2, & 3, Sodomy 1, 2, &
3, Incest; Sexual Abuse 1, Unlawful Transaction with a
Minor 1, Use of a minor in a sexual performance. 
Specified crimes against victims that are minors:
Promoting a sexual performance of a minor, Promoting
prostitution 1, 2, & 3, Kidnaping and Unlawful
Confinement (non-parental), Sexual Abuse 2 & 3 (only
misdemeanors covered).  Any conviction for attempt or
solicitation of above offenses.

Mandated Registrants:
Registration is mandatory for all adults convicted in
Kentucky of the above listed crimes, and juvenile
offenders convicted of those same crimes, if treated
as "Youthful Offenders" in adult circuit court.  Also
applies to offenders moving into Kentucky, who are
required to register by the laws of another State or
by federal/military law.  Or for offenders convicted
of an offense, which if committed in Kentucky, would
require registration.

Duration of Registration:
Lifetime registration is required for all offenders
released from custody after April 11, 2000 who have
convictions for: Rape 1st, Sodomy 1st, two or more
convictions for a sex crime or crime against a victim
who is a minor; Kidnaping and Unlawful Confinement (of
a minor, non-parental); or who move in from another
State and are required to register; or are designated
as Sexually Violent Predators.  Also applies to
offenders formerly classified as "high" risk, under a
previous version of the law.  Ten years is required
for all other offenses.

Offenders in Registry, 2/01:
Approximately 2000.

Automation of Sex Offender Registries

Extent of database automation:
Partial.  The Kentucky SOR has a text database that is
automated and can be searched through the KY LINK
system (Law Information Network of Kentucky) at
LINK/NCIC terminals.  Data is currently stored in an
IBM mainframe, in an IMS DB/DC database with attendant
COBOL programs.  This SOR database is in the process
of being converted to a more modern and user friendly
system, which will be NCIC 2000 compliant, and include
submission to the FBI NSOR file.  The website database
is completely automated, running on a SQL platform. 
It is a separate system, information is entered into
both databases at this time.  This will be eliminated
once the transfer of data from the older system is
complete.

Database is linked to criminal history files:
Yes. The SOR is one of Kentucky's state-level "hot
files," and accessible to all criminal justice
agencies that are members of the Law Information
Network of Kentucky (LINK).

SOR transmits electronically to FBI NSOR system:
Not at this time.  Electronic transmissions will occur
once the database conversion is complete.

SOR system has capability for electronic transmittal &
storage of fingerprints:
Still in development, as described above.  Storage of
fingerprints is alrea