Indiana § 11-8-8-19 Expiration of duty to register; lifetime registration; out-of-state
registrants

Indiana Statutes

§ 11-8-8-19 — Expiration of duty to register; lifetime registration; out-of-state registrants

Indiana § 11-8-8-19

Art. 8GENERAL PROVISIONS: DEPARTMENT OF

Ch. 8Sex Offender Registration

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Bluebook

Ind. Code § 11-8-8-19 (2026).

Text

(a)Except as provided in subsections (b) through (f), a sex or violent offender is required to register under this chapter until the expiration of ten (10) years after the date the sex or violent offender:

(1)is released from a penal facility (as defined in IC 35-31.5-2-232) or a secure juvenile detention facility of a state or another jurisdiction;

(2)is placed in a community transition program;

(3)is placed in a community corrections program;

(4)is placed on parole; or

(5)is placed on probation; for the sex or violent offense requiring registration, whichever occurs last. The registration period is tolled during any period that the sex or violent offender is incarcerated. The registration period does not restart if the offender is convicted of a subsequent offense. However, if the

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(a) Except as provided in subsections (b)
through (f), a sex or violent offender is required to register under this
chapter until the expiration of ten (10) years after the date the sex or
violent offender:
(1) is released from a penal facility (as defined in IC 35-31.5-2-232) or a secure juvenile detention facility of a state or
another jurisdiction;
(2) is placed in a community transition program;
(3) is placed in a community corrections program;
(4) is placed on parole; or
(5) is placed on probation;
for the sex or violent offense requiring registration, whichever occurs
last. The registration period is tolled during any period that the sex or
violent offender is incarcerated. The registration period does not restart
if the offender is convicted of a subsequent offense. However, if the
subsequent offense is a sex or violent offense, or an offense under
section 17 of this chapter, a new registration period may be imposed in
accordance with this chapter. The department shall ensure that an
offender who is no longer required to register as a sex or violent
offender is notified that the obligation to register has expired, and shall
ensure that 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.
(b) A sex or violent offender who is a sexually violent predator is
required to register for life.
(c) A sex or violent offender who is convicted of at least one (1)
offense under section 5(a) of this chapter that the sex or violent
offender committed:
(1) when the person was at least eighteen (18) years of age; and
(2) against a victim who was less than twelve (12) years of age at
the time of the crime;
is required to register for life.
(d) A sex or violent offender who is convicted of at least one (1)
offense under section 5(a) of this chapter in which the sex offender:
(1) proximately caused serious bodily injury or death to the
victim;
(2) used force or the threat of force against the victim or a
member of the victim's family, unless the offense is sexual battery
as a Class D felony (for an offense committed before July 1,
2014) or a Level 6 felony (for a crime committed after June 30,
2014); or
(3) rendered the victim unconscious or otherwise incapable of
giving voluntary consent;
is required to register for life.
(e) A sex or violent offender who is convicted of at least two (2)
unrelated offenses under section 5(a) of this chapter is required to
register for life.
(f) A person who is required to register as a sex or violent offender
in any jurisdiction shall register for the period required by the other
jurisdiction or the period described in this section, whichever is longer.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.140-2006, SEC.13 and P.L.173-2006, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.216-2007, SEC.27; P.L.119-2008, SEC.8; P.L.114-2012, SEC.26; P.L.214-2013, SEC.12; P.L.158-2013, SEC.176; P.L.168-2014, SEC.23; P.L.5-2015, SEC.33; P.L.40-2019, SEC.1; P.L.1-2025, SEC.158.