§ 54-253 — Registration of person who has committed a sexual offense in another jurisdiction.

Connecticut § 54-253

• Jurisdiction: Connecticut
• Title 54: Criminal Procedure
• Ch. 969: Registration of Sexual Offenders

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(a) Any person who has been convicted or found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect in any other state, in a federal or military court or in any foreign jurisdiction of any crime (1) the essential elements of which are substantially the same as any of the crimes specified in subdivisions (2), (5) and (11) of section 54-250, or (2) which requires registration as a sexual offender in such other state or in the federal or military system, and who resides in this state on and after October 1, 1998, shall, without undue delay upon residing in this state, register with the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection in the same manner as if such person had been convicted or found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect of such crime in this state, except that the commissioner shall maintain such registration until such person is released from the registration requirement in such other state, federal or military system or foreign jurisdiction. (b) If any person who is subject to registration under this section changes such person's name, such person shall, without undue delay, notify the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection in writing of the new name. If any person who is subject to registration under this section changes such person's address, such person shall, without undue delay, notify the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection in writing of the new address and, if the new address is in another state, such person shall also register with an appropriate agency in that state, provided that state has a registration requirement for such offenders. If any person who is subject to registration under this section establishes or changes an electronic mail address, instant message address or other similar Internet communication identifier, such person shall, without undue delay, notify the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection in writing of such identifier. If any person who is subject to registration under this section is employed at, carries on a vocation at or is a student at a trade or professional institution or institution of higher learning in this state, such person shall, without undue delay, notify the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection of such status and of any change in such status. If any person who is subject to registration under this section is employed in another state, carries on a vocation in another state or is a student in another state, such person shall, without undue delay, notify the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection and shall also register with an appropriate agency in that state, provided that state has a registration requirement for such offenders. During such period of registration, each registrant shall complete and return forms mailed to such registrant to verify such registrant's residence address and shall submit to the retaking of a photographic image upon request of the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection. (c) Any person not a resident of this state who is registered as a sexual offender under the laws of any other state and who is employed in this state, carries on a vocation in this state or is a student in this state, shall, without undue delay after the commencement of such employment, vocation or education in this state, register such person's name, identifying factors and criminal history record, locations visited on a recurring basis, and such person's residence address, if any, in this state, residence address in such person's home state and electronic mail address, instant message address or other similar Internet communication identifier, if any, with the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection on such forms and in such locations as said commissioner shall direct and shall maintain such registration until such employment, vocation or education terminates or until such person is released from registration as a sexual offender in such other state. If such person terminates such person's employment, vocation or education in this state, changes such person's address in this state or establishes or changes an electronic mail address, instant message address or other similar Internet communication identifier such person shall, without undue delay, notify the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection in writing of such termination, new address or identifier. (d) Any person not a resident of this state who is registered as a sexual offender under the laws of any other state and who travels in this state on a recurring basis for periods of less than five days shall notify the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection of such person's temporary residence in this state and of a telephone number at which such person may be contacted. (e) Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a class D felony, except that, if such person violates the provisions of this section by failing to register with the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection without undue delay or notify the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection without undue delay of a change of name, address or status or another reportable event, such person shall be subject to such penalty if such failure continues for five business days.

Legislative History

(P.A. 98-111, S. 4; P.A. 99-183, S. 4, 13; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7, S. 81; P.A. 06-187, S. 38; 06-196, S. 292; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4, S. 92, 93; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.) History: P.A. 99-183 amended Subsec. (a) to include crimes specified in Subdiv. “(5)” of Sec. 54-250, replace reference to Subdiv. “(10)” with Subdiv. “(11)” of Sec. 54-250, make the registration requirement applicable to a person who “resides” rather than “establishes residence” in this state, require registration within ten days of “residing in this state” rather than within ten days of “establishing such residence”, delete reference to the ten-year period of registration under Sec. 54-255, and make technical changes, added new Subsec. (b) re registration and notice requirements of a nonresident who is registered as a sexual offender in another state and regularly travels into or within this state or temporarily resides in this state, and redesignated former Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (c), effective July 1, 1999; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7 amended Subsec. (b) to make requirement that a nonresident registered sexual offender register with the commissioner applicable if such person “is employed in this state, carries on a vocation in this state or is a student in this state” rather than if such person “regularly travels into or within this state or temporarily resides in this state for purposes including, but not limited to employment or schooling”, require such person to register “within five days after the commencement of such employment, vocation or education in this state” rather than “within three days after the commencement of such travel or residence in this state”, and replace references to “travel or residence” with “employment, vocation or education” where appearing, added new Subsec. (c) requiring any person subject to registration under this section who is employed at, carries on a vocation at or is a student at a trade or professional institution or institution of higher learning in this state to notify the commissioner of such status and any change in such status, added new Subsec. (d) requiring any nonresident registered sexual offender who travels in this state on a recurring basis for periods of less than five days to notify the commissioner of such person's temporary residence and telephone number and redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (e), effective August 15, 2002; P.A. 06-187 amended Subsec. (a) to designate existing provision re crime the essential elements of which are substantially the same as Sec. 54-250(2), (3) or (11) as Subdiv. (1) and add Subdiv. (2) re crime which requires registration as a sexual offender in other state or in federal or military system, require person to register “without undue delay” upon residing in this state, rather than “within ten days” of residing in this state, and replace former exception re determining ten-year period of registration with exception re commissioner to maintain registration until person is released from registration requirement in other state, federal or military system or foreign jurisdiction, added Subsec. (b) requiring person subject to registration to notify commissioner if person changes such person's name or address, is employed at, carries on a vocation at or is a student at trade or professional institution or institution of higher learning in this state or is employed in another state, carries on a vocation in another state or is a student in another state and requiring registrant to verify address and submit to retaking of photographic image upon request, redesignated existing Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (c) and amended same to require person to register with commissioner “without undue delay”, rather than “within five days”, after commencement of employment, vocation or education in this state and require person to notify commissioner of termination of employment, vocation or education in this state or change of address “without undue delay”, rather than “within five days”, deleted former Subsec. (c) re notification of employment, vocational or student status at trade or professional institution or institution of higher learning in this state and of any change in such status, and amended Subsec. (e) to add exception that person who fails to register with commissioner without undue delay or notify commissioner without undue delay of change of name, address or status or another reportable event is subject to penalty if such failure continues for five business days, effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 06-196 changed effective date of P.A. 06-187, S. 38 from July 1, 2006, to October 1, 2006, effective June 7, 2006; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4 amended Subsecs. (b) and (c) re notification and registration requirements regarding registrants' electronic mail addresses, instant message addresses or other similar Internet communication identifiers and made technical changes in Subsec. (c); pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.