1.Notification by court, department, bureau or law enforcement agency.
An offender has a duty to register under this chapter after notification has been given to the offender by a court of jurisdiction, the department, the bureau or a law enforcement agency. The court shall notify the offender at the time of sentence of the duty to register pursuant to this chapter. Notification of the duty to register under this chapter also may be given to the offender at any time after the imposition of sentence.
2.When duty to register must be exercised.
Following notification by a court, the department, the bureau or a law enforcement agency under subsection 1, an offender shall register as follows.
3.Duty to notify law enforcement agency.
An offender shall notify the law enforcement agency having
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1.
Notification by court, department, bureau or law enforcement agency.
An offender has a duty to register under this chapter after notification has been given to the offender by a court of jurisdiction, the department, the bureau or a law enforcement agency. The court shall notify the offender at the time of sentence of the duty to register pursuant to this chapter. Notification of the duty to register under this chapter also may be given to the offender at any time after the imposition of sentence.
2.
When duty to register must be exercised.
Following notification by a court, the department, the bureau or a law enforcement agency under subsection 1, an offender shall register as follows.
3.
Duty to notify law enforcement agency.
An offender shall notify the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction in those areas where the offender is domiciled, resides, works or attends school within 24 hours of becoming a domiciliary or a resident or beginning work or attending school. If the location is a municipality with an organized municipal police department, the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction is the municipal police department. If the location is a school having an organized police department, the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction is the campus police department. If the location is neither a municipality nor a school with an organized police department, the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction is the sheriff's department.
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Responsibility of ensuring initial registration.
The department, the county jail or the state mental health institute that has custody of an offender shall inform the offender, prior to discharge or conditional release, of the duty to register. If an offender does not serve a period of institutional confinement, the court shall inform the offender at the time of sentencing of the duty to register. The department, county jail, state mental health institute or court shall:
5.
Transfer of initial registration information to bureau and FBI.
The department, county jail, state mental health institute or court within 3 days of receipt of the information described in subsection 4 shall forward the information to the bureau. If the court orders the offender to submit to the taking of fingerprints and a photograph at a specified law enforcement agency, the law enforcement agency shall submit the fingerprints and photograph to the bureau within 3 days. The bureau shall immediately enter the information into the registration system, notify the law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction where the offender expects to be domiciled and reside and transmit the information to the FBI for inclusion in the national FBI sex offender database.
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Verification.
During the period a registrant is required to register, the bureau shall require the registrant to verify all registration information unless verifications are suspended. The following provisions govern the verification of registration information.
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Frequency of verification.
The frequency of in-person verification of registration information is dependent upon the registrant's tier classification as follows.
8.
Change of domicile, residence, place of employment or college or school being attended.
An offender or registrant shall notify the bureau in writing of a change of residence, domicile, place of employment or college or school being attended within 3 days and shall notify the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction within 24 hours after changing that domicile, residence, place of employment or college or school being attended.