EFTA00726927.pdf

Page 1 LexisNexis® LEXSTAT 42 U.S.C. 16913 UNITED STATES CODE SERVICE Copyright ID 2010 Matthew Bender & Company, Inc. a member of the LexisNexis Group (TM) All rights reserved. ••• CURRENT THROUGH PL 111.198, APPROVED 7/2/2010 ■•■ TITLE 42. THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 151. CHILD PROTECTION AND SAFETY SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND NOTIFICATION SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND NOTIFICATION Go to the United States Code Service Archive Directory 42 USCS § 16915 § 16915. Duration of registration requirement (a) Full registration period. A sex offender shall keep the registration current for the full registration period (excluding any time the sex offender is in custody or civilly committed) unless the offender is allowed a reduction under subsection (b). The full registration period is-- (1) 15 years, if the offender is a tier I sex offender; (2) 25 years, if the offender is a tier II sex offender; and (3) the life of the offender, if the offender is a tier III sex offender. (b) Reduced period for clean record. (I) Clean record. The full registration period shall be reduced as described in paragraph (3) for a sex offender who maintains a clean record for the period described in paragraph (2) by-- (A) not being convicted of any offense for which imprisonment for more than I year may be imposed; (B) not being convicted of any sex offense; (C) successfully completing any periods of supervised release, probation, and parole; and (D) successfully completing of an appropriate sex offender treatment program certified by a jurisdiction or by the Attorney General. (2) Period. In the case of-- (A) a tier I sex offender, the period during which the clean record shall be maintained is 10 years; and (B) a tier III sex offender adjudicated delinquent for the offense which required registration in a sex registry under this title, the period during which the clean record shall be maintained is 25 years. (3) Reduction. In the case of-- (A) a tier I sex offender, the reduction is 5 years; (B) a tier III sex offender adjudicated delinquent, the reduction is from life to that period for which the clean record under paragraph (2) is maintained. HISTORY: (July 27, 2006, P.L. 109-248, Title I, Subtitle A, § 115, 120 Stat. 595.) HISTORY; ANCILLARY LAWS AND DIRECTIVES EFTA00726927  Page 2 42 USCS § 16915 References in text: "This title", referred to in this section, is Title I of Act July 27, 2006, P.L. 109-248, which appears generally as 42 USCS§§ 16901 et seq. For full classification of such Title, consult USCS Tables volumes. EFTA00726928