Federal · Title 34 — Crime Control and Law Enforcement

34 U.S.C. § 20915: Duration of registration requirement

Civil

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This statute establishes registration duration periods for sex offenders based on tier level (15 years for tier I, 25 years for tier II, life for tier III), with possible reductions for maintaining a clean record and completing treatment.

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15 years, if the offender is a tier I sex offender; 25 years, if the offender is a tier II sex offender; and the life of the offender, if the offender is a tier III sex offender. not being convicted of any offense for which imprisonment for more than 1 year may be imposed; not being convicted of any sex offense; successfully completing any periods of supervised release, probation, and parole; and successfully completing of 1 an appropriate sex offender treatment program certified by a jurisdiction or by the Attorney General. 1 So in original. The word “of” probably should not appear. a tier I sex offender, the period during which the clean record shall be maintained is 10 years; and 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. a tier I sex offender, the reduction is 5 years; 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.

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