46-23-504. Persons required to register -- procedure. (1) A sexual or violent offender:
     (a) shall register immediately upon conclusion of the sentencing hearing if the offender is not sentenced to confinement or is not sentenced to the department and placed in confinement by the department;
     (b) must be registered as provided in 46-23-503 at least 10 days prior to release from confinement if sentenced to confinement or sentenced to the department and placed in confinement by the department;
     (c) shall register within 10 days of entering a county of this state for the purpose of residing or setting up a temporary domicile for 10 days or more or for an aggregate period exceeding 30 days in a calendar year.
     (2) Registration under subsection (1)(a) must be with the probation office having supervision over the offender. Registration under subsection (1)(c) must be with the chief of police of the municipality or the sheriff of the county if the offender resides in an area other than a municipality. Whichever person an offender registers with under subsection (1)(c) shall notify the other person of the registration.
     (3) At the time of registering, the offender shall sign a statement in writing giving the information required by the department of justice. The chief of police or sheriff shall fingerprint the offender, unless the offender's fingerprints are on file with the department of justice, and shall photograph the offender. Within 3 days, the chief of police or sheriff shall send copies of the statement, fingerprints, and photographs to the department of justice.
     (4) The department of justice shall mail a registration verification form each 90 days to an offender designated as a level 3 offender under 46-23-509 and each year to a violent offender or an offender designated as a level 1 or level 2 offender under 46-23-509. The form must require the offender's current address and notarized signature. Within 10 days after receipt of the form, the offender shall complete the form and return it to the department.
     (5) The offender is responsible, if able to pay, for costs associated with registration. The fees charged for registration may not exceed the actual costs of registration. The department of justice may adopt a rule establishing fees to cover registration costs incurred by the department of justice in maintaining registration and address verification records. The fees must be deposited in the general fund.
     (6) The clerk of the district court in the county in which a person is convicted of a sexual or violent offense shall notify the sheriff in that county of the conviction within 10 days after entry of the judgment.

     History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 293, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 407, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 375, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 22, Sp. L. August 2002.