(a)If a sex or violent offender who is required
to register under this chapter changes:
(1)principal residence address; or
(2)if section 7(a)(2) or 7(a)(3) of this chapter applies, the place
where the sex or violent offender stays in Indiana;
the sex or violent offender shall report in person to the local law
enforcement authority having jurisdiction over the sex or violent
offender's current principal address or location and, if the offender
moves to a new county in Indiana, to the local law enforcement
authority having jurisdiction over the sex or violent offender's new
principal address or location not more than seventy-two (72) hours
after the address change.
(b)If a sex or violent offender moves to a new county in Indiana, the
local law enforcement authority where the sex or viole
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(a) If a sex or violent offender who is required
to register under this chapter changes:
(1) principal residence address; or
(2) if section 7(a)(2) or 7(a)(3) of this chapter applies, the place
where the sex or violent offender stays in Indiana;
the sex or violent offender shall report in person to the local law
enforcement authority having jurisdiction over the sex or violent
offender's current principal address or location and, if the offender
moves to a new county in Indiana, to the local law enforcement
authority having jurisdiction over the sex or violent offender's new
principal address or location not more than seventy-two (72) hours
after the address change.
(b) If a sex or violent offender moves to a new county in Indiana, the
local law enforcement authority where the sex or violent offender's
current principal residence address is located shall inform the local law
enforcement authority in the new county in Indiana of the sex or violent
offender's residence and forward all relevant registration information
concerning the sex or violent offender to the local law enforcement
authority in the new county. The local law enforcement authority
receiving notice under this subsection shall verify the address of the
sex or violent offender under section 13 of this chapter not more than
seven (7) days after receiving the notice.
(c) If a sex or violent offender who is required to register under
section 7(a)(2) or 7(a)(3) of this chapter changes the sex or violent
offender's principal place of employment, principal place of vocation,
or campus or location where the sex or violent offender is enrolled in
school, the sex or violent offender shall report in person:
(1) to the local law enforcement authority having jurisdiction over
the sex or violent offender's current principal place of
employment, principal place of vocation, or campus or location
where the sex or violent offender is enrolled in school; and
(2) if the sex or violent offender changes the sex or violent
offender's place of employment, vocation, or enrollment to a new
county in Indiana, to the local law enforcement authority having
jurisdiction over the sex or violent offender's new principal place
of employment, principal place of vocation, or campus or location
where the sex or violent offender is enrolled in school;
not more than seventy-two (72) hours after the change.
(d) If a sex or violent offender moves the sex or violent offender's
place of employment, vocation, or enrollment to a new county in
Indiana, the local law enforcement authority having jurisdiction over
the sex or violent offender's current principal place of employment,
principal place of vocation, or campus or location where the sex or
violent offender is enrolled in school shall inform the local law
enforcement authority in the new county of the sex or violent offender's
new principal place of employment, vocation, or enrollment by
forwarding relevant registration information to the local law
enforcement authority in the new county.
(e) If a sex or violent offender moves the sex or violent offender's
residence, place of employment, vocation, or enrollment to a new state,
the local law enforcement authority shall inform the state police in the
new state of the sex or violent offender's new place of residence,
employment, vocation, or enrollment.
(f) If a sex or violent offender who is required to register under this
chapter changes or obtains a new:
(1) electronic mail address;
(2) instant messaging username;
(3) electronic chat room username; or
(4) social networking website username;
the sex or violent offender shall report in person to the local law
enforcement authority having jurisdiction over the sex or violent
offender's current principal address or location and shall provide the
local law enforcement authority with the new address or username not
more than seventy-two (72) hours after the change or creation of the
address or username.
(g) A local law enforcement authority shall make registration
information, including information concerning the duty to register and
the penalty for failing to register, available to a sex or violent offender.
(h) A local law enforcement authority who is notified of a change
under subsection (a), (c), or (f) shall:
(1) immediately update the Indiana sex and violent offender
registry website established under IC 36-2-13-5.5;
(2) update the National Crime Information Center National Sex
Offender Registry data base via the Indiana data and
communications system (IDACS); and
(3) notify the department.
(i) If a sex or violent offender who is registered with a local law
enforcement authority becomes incarcerated, the local law enforcement
authority shall transmit a copy of the information provided by the sex
or violent offender during registration to the department.
(j) If a sex or violent offender is no longer required to register due
to the expiration of the registration period, or if a court grants a petition
under section 22 of this chapter that removes the offender's duty to
register under this chapter, the local law enforcement authority shall:
(1) ensure the offender's information is no longer published to the
public portal of the sex and violent offender registry website
established under IC 36-2-13-5.5; and
(2) transmit a copy of the information provided by the sex or
violent offender during registration to the department.
(k) This subsection applies only to a sex or violent offender who
has:
(1) informed the local law enforcement authority of the offender's
intention to move the offender's residence to a new location; and
(2) not moved the offender's residence to the new location.
Not later than seventy-two (72) hours after the date on which a sex or
violent offender to whom this subsection applies was scheduled to
move (according to information the offender provided to the local law
enforcement authority before the move), the sex or violent offender
shall report in person to the local law enforcement authority having
jurisdiction over the offender's current address or location, even if the
offender's address has not changed. An offender who fails to report as
provided in this subsection may be prosecuted in the offender's original
county of residence, in the county to which the offender intended to
move, or in the offender's current county of residence.