34 USC 20915 - Duration of registration requirement

U.S Code last checked for updates: May 17, 2024

§ 20915.

Duration of registration requirement

(a)

Full registration period

A sex offender shall keep the registration current for the full registration period (excluding any time the sex offender is in custody or civilly committed) unless the offender is allowed a reduction under subsection (b). The full registration period is—

(1)

15 years, if the offender is a tier I sex offender;

(2)

25 years, if the offender is a tier II sex offender; and

(3)

the life of the offender, if the offender is a tier III sex offender.

(b)

Reduced period for clean record

(1)

Clean record

The full registration period shall be reduced as described in paragraph (3) for a sex offender who maintains a clean record for the period described in paragraph (2) by—

(A)

not being convicted of any offense for which imprisonment for more than 1 year may be imposed;

(B)

not being convicted of any sex offense;

(C)

successfully completing any periods of supervised release, probation, and parole; and

(D)

successfully completing of 1

 So in original. The word “of” probably should not appear.

an appropriate sex offender treatment program certified by a jurisdiction or by the Attorney General.

(2)

Period

In the case of—

(A)

a tier I sex offender, the period during which the clean record shall be maintained is 10 years; and

(B)

a tier III sex offender adjudicated delinquent for the offense which required registration in a sex registry under this subchapter, the period during which the clean record shall be maintained is 25 years.

(3)

Reduction

In the case of—

(A)

a tier I sex offender, the reduction is 5 years;

(B)

a tier III sex offender adjudicated delinquent, the reduction is from life to that period for which the clean record under paragraph (2) is maintained.

(Pub. L. 109–248, title I, § 115, July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 595.)

cite as: 34 USC 20915