§ 7-19-303 — Offenders central registry; dissemination of information

Wyoming § 7-19-303

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 07: Criminal Procedure
• Ch. 19: CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS
• Art. 3: SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION

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(a) An entity registering an offender shall forward the
information and fingerprints obtained pursuant to W.S. 7-19-302
to the division within three (3) working days. The division
shall maintain a central registry of offenders required to
register under W.S. 7-19-302 and shall adopt rules necessary to
carry out the purposes of W.S. 7-19-302. The division shall
immediately enter information received pursuant to this act into
the central registry and shall immediately transmit the
conviction data, palmprints and fingerprints to the federal
bureau of investigation and national sex offender registry.
(b) The information collected under this act shall be
confidential, except for that information collected in
accordance with paragraph (c)(iii) of this section which
information shall be a matter of public record.
(i) Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 160, § 2.
(ii) Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 160, § 2.
(c) The division shall provide notification of
registration under this act, including all registration
information, to the district attorney of the county where the
registered offender is residing at the time of registration or
to which the offender moves. In addition, the following shall
apply:
(i) Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 160, § 2.
(ii) If the offender was convicted of an offense
specified in W.S. 7-19-302(h) or (j), notification shall be
provided by mail, personally or by any other means reasonably
calculated to ensure delivery of the notice to residential
neighbors within at least seven hundred fifty (750) feet of the
offender's residence, organizations in the community, including
schools, religious and youth organizations by the sheriff or his
designee. In addition, notification regarding an offender
employed by or attending school at any educational institution
shall be provided upon request by the educational institution to
a member of the institution's campus community as defined by
subsection (h) of this section;
(iii) Notification of registration under this act
shall be provided to the public through a public registry, as
well as to the persons and entities required by paragraph (ii)
of this subsection. The division shall make the public registry
available to the public, with the exception of internet
identifiers, telephone numbers and adjudications as delinquent
unless disclosure is authorized pursuant to W.S. 7-19-309,
through electronic internet technology and shall include:
(A) The offender's name, including any aliases;
(B) Physical address;
(C) Date and place of birth;
(D) Date and place of conviction;
(E) Crime for which convicted;
(F) Photograph;
(G) Physical characteristics including race,
sex, height, weight, eye and hair color;
(H) History of all criminal convictions
subjecting an offender to the registration requirements of this
act;
(J) The license plate or registration number and
a description of any vehicle owned or operated by the offender;
and
(K) The physical address of any employer that
employs the offender; and
(M) The physical address of each educational
institution in this state at which the person is attending
school.
(iv) The division shall adopt rules necessary to
provide for the maintenance and dissemination of the information
contained in the central registry of offenders.
(d) Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 160, § 2.
(e) Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 160, § 2.
(f) The identity of the victim of an offense that requires
registration under this act shall not be released to the public
unless the victim has authorized the release of the information,
provided:
(i) Nothing in this subsection shall bar the
disclosure of information concerning the characteristics of the
victim and the nature and circumstances of the offense so long
as the victim is not identified;
(ii) Nothing in this subsection shall bar the
disclosure of victim identity information contained as part of
the criminal history record information disclosed to persons
authorized to receive such information under W.S. 7-19-106; and
(iii) This subsection does not apply to victim
identity information contained in public records which exist
independently of this act.
(g) Any person who, by virtue of employment or official
position has possession of, or access to, registration
information furnished pursuant to this act or victim identifying
information, and willfully discloses it in any manner to any
person or agency not entitled to receive the information is
guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more
than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty
dollars ($750.00), or both.
(h) An educational institution in this state shall
instruct members of its campus community, by direct advisement,
publication or other means, that a member can obtain information
regarding offenders employed by or attending school at the
institution by contacting the campus police department or other
law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the institution.
For the purposes of this subsection, "member of the campus
community" means a person employed by or attending school at the
educational institution at which the offender is employed or
attending school, or a person's parent or guardian if the person
is a minor.
(j) The attorney general shall maintain a public record of
the number of registered offenders in each county.
(k) The legislature directs the division to facilitate
access to the information on the public registry available
through electronic internet technology without the need to
consider or assess the specific risk of reoffense with respect
to any individual prior to his inclusion within the registry,
and the division shall place a disclaimer on the division's
internet website indicating that:
(i) No determination has been made that any
individual included in the registry is currently dangerous;
(ii) Individuals included within the registry are
included solely by virtue of their conviction record and state
law; and
(iii) The main purpose of providing the information
on the internet is to make the information more easily available
and accessible, not to warn about any specific individual.