Maine § 34-A §11221 Maintenance of sex offender registry

Maine Statutes

§ 34-A §11221 — Maintenance of sex offender registry

Maine·Title 34-A CORRECTIONS·Ch. 15 SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND NOTIFICATION ACT OF 1999

1.Maintenance of registry. The bureau shall establish and maintain a registry of persons required to register pursuant to this subchapter. The registry must include the following information on each registrant:

2.National or regional registry. The bureau is authorized to make the registry available to and accept files from a national or regional registry of registrants for the purpose of sharing information.

3.Registration form. The bureau shall develop a standardized registration form to be made available to the appropriate reporting authorities and persons required to register.

4.Verification form. The bureau shall develop and mail a nonforwardable verification form to the last reported mailing address of each person required to meet the verification requirements of this chapter.

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Maintenance of registry.
The bureau shall establish and maintain a registry of persons required to register pursuant to this subchapter. The registry must include the following information on each registrant:
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National or regional registry.
The bureau is authorized to make the registry available to and accept files from a national or regional registry of registrants for the purpose of sharing information.
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Registration form.
The bureau shall develop a standardized registration form to be made available to the appropriate reporting authorities and persons required to register.
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Verification form.
The bureau shall develop and mail a nonforwardable verification form to the last reported mailing address of each person required to meet the verification requirements of this chapter.
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Sexually violent predator directory.
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Distribution of information to department and law enforcement agencies.
The bureau shall distribute information described in subsection 1 to the department and law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction over the address and location of the registrant's domicile, residence, place of employment and college or school being attended.
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Rules.
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Criminal justice agency access to information.
The bureau shall provide access to the information described in subsection 1 to criminal justice agencies. For purposes of this subsection, "criminal justice agency" has the same meaning as in Title 16, section 703, subsection 4.
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Public access to information.
The bureau shall provide information to the public as follows.
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Registry information.
Registry information created, collected or maintained by the bureau, including, but not limited to, information relating to the identity of persons accessing the registry, is confidential, except the following are public records:
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Registrant access to information.
The bureau shall provide all information described in subsection 1, paragraphs A to F to a registrant who requests that person's own information. The process for access and review of that information is governed by Title 16, section 709.
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Maintenance by bureau.
Only the bureau is authorized to maintain a sex offender registry on the Internet for purposes of public access as described in subsection 9.
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Law enforcement agency website.
A law enforcement agency may maintain its own sex offender website and may make that information available for use by the public if:
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Access to registrant information existing in electronic form restricted.
Notwithstanding Title 1, chapter 13:

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Legislative History

PL 1999, c. 437, §2 (NEW). PL 2003, c. 371, §§4-7 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 711, §§C17-20 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 711, §D2 (AFF). PL 2005, c. 423, §§9-13 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 545, §§1,2 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 299, §§1-3 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 307, §1 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 267, Pt. B, §§28, 29 (AMD). PL 2015, c. 299, §26 (AMD).