Chapter 1 - Sex Offenders
- Article 1 Sex Offenders Reporting Requirements.
- Section 15-20-1 Applicability of chapter
This chapter shall apply to persons who have been arrested and convicted for any act of, or attempt to commit an act of, sexual ...
- Section 15-20-2 Law enforcement officers to report arrests to Department of Public Safety
Every law enforcement officer, state, county or municipal, making an arrest for any of the offenses enumerated in Section 15-20-1, or of any violation ...
- Section 15-20-3 Courts to forward records of convictions to Director of Public Safety
(a) Every court having jurisdiction of any of the offenses enumerated in Section 15-20-1, or of violations of any municipal ordinances proscribing like offenses, ...
- Section 15-20-4 Failure to report arrest or conviction
Any law enforcement officer who fails to report an arrest, as required by Section 15-20-2, and any clerk of a court or magistrate of ...
- Section 15-20-5 Reported information to be recorded and indexed by Department of Public Safety; information available to law enforcement officers, etc
(a) The State Department of Public Safety shall adopt and maintain a system for registering or recording and indexing the information supplied by law ...
- Article 2 Community Notification of Released Convicted Sex Offenders.
- Section 15-20-20 Title of article
This article shall be known and cited as the Community Notification Act. ...
- Section 15-20-20.1 Legislative findings
The Legislature finds that the danger of recidivism posed by criminal sex offenders and that the protection of the public from these offenders is ...
- Section 15-20-21 Definitions
For purposes of this article, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) ADULT CRIMINAL SEX OFFENDER. A person convicted of a criminal ...
- Section 15-20-22 Adult criminal sex offender - Requirements prior to release
(a) Forty-five days prior to the release of an adult criminal sex offender, the following shall apply: (1) The responsible agency shall require the ...
- Section 15-20-23 Adult criminal sex offender - Transfer and establishment of legal residence
(a) If an adult criminal sex offender intends to transfer his or her residence to a different location, he or she shall submit a ...
- Section 15-20-23.1 Adult criminal sex offender - Notice of intent to change place of employment
If an adult criminal sex offender intends to change his or her place of employment, he or she shall submit a notice of intent ...
- Section 15-20-24 Adult criminal sex offender - Verification of residence
(a) Sixty days after an adult criminal sex offender's most current release and, except during ensuing periods of incarceration, thereafter on the anniversary date ...
- Section 15-20-25 Adult criminal sex offender - Community notification procedures
(a) Within five business days after the responsible agency provides notice of a release or intent to transfer residence of any adult criminal sex ...
- Section 15-20-25.1 Adult criminal sex offender - Registration by nonresident workers and students
(a) Any adult criminal sex offender not a resident of this state shall register with law enforcement whenever the offender comes into this state ...
- Section 15-20-25.2 Adult criminal sex offender - Notice of employment, enrollment, etc., at school or institution of higher education
(a) In addition to any other requirements of this article, an adult criminal sex offender shall provide written notice to the sheriff of the ...
- Section 15-20-25.3 Sexually violent predator
(a) Whenever an individual is convicted of a criminal sex offense in this state, the state, at the time of sentencing, may petition the ...
- Section 15-20-26 Adult criminal sex offender - Prohibited residence locations, etc
(a) Unless otherwise exempted by law, no adult criminal sex offender shall establish a residence or any other living accommodation or accept employment within ...
- Section 15-20-26.1 Adult criminal sex offender - Electronic monitoring
(a) The Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center shall implement a system of active and passive electronic monitoring that identifies the location of a monitored ...
- Section 15-20-26.2 (Effective September 1, 2006) Adult criminal sex offender - Documentation of identity
(a) Every adult criminal sex offender who is a resident of this state shall obtain and always have in his or her possession either ...
- Section 15-20-27 Juvenile criminal sex offender - Treatment; DNA sample
Upon adjudication of delinquency for a criminal sex offense, a juvenile criminal sex offender shall be required to receive sex offender treatment by a ...
- Section 15-20-28 Juvenile criminal sex offender - Risk assessment; notification
(a) Sixty days prior to the projected release of a juvenile criminal sex offender, the treatment provider shall provide a risk assessment of the ...
- Section 15-20-29 Juvenile criminal sex offender - Requirements prior to release
(a) Prior to release of the juvenile criminal sex offender, the following shall apply: (1) The responsible agency shall require the parent, custodian, or ...
- Section 15-20-30 Juvenile criminal sex offender - Verification of residence
(a) Sixty days after a juvenile criminal sex offender's most current release and, except during ensuing periods of incarceration, thereafter on the anniversary date ...
- Section 15-20-31 Juvenile criminal sex offender - When treated as adult
For the purposes of this article, if a youthful offender criminal sex offender has not been previously adjudicated for a criminal sex offense, he ...
- Section 15-20-32 Procedures upon escape of criminal sex offender
In the case in which any criminal sex offender escapes from a state or local correctional facility, juvenile detention facility, or any other facility ...
- Section 15-20-33 Exemptions from article
(a) Any adult criminal sex offender shall be subject to this article for life. (b) A juvenile criminal sex offender, whether having been incarcerated ...
- Section 15-20-34 Victim assistance
(a) Any notice provided to the community pursuant to this article shall not contain the name or any other information identifying the victim. (b) ...
- Section 15-20-35 Disclosure of information
(a) The responsible agency shall cooperate with the Director of the Department of Public Safety in a reasonable manner that enables the Department of ...
- Section 15-20-36 Name change of offender
No criminal sex offender shall be allowed to change his or her name unless the change is incident to a change in the marital ...
- Section 15-20-37 Construction
Nothing in this article shall be construed as creating a cause of action against the state or any of its agencies, officials, employees, or ...
- Section 15-20-38 Rules and regulations
(a) The Director of the Department of Public Safety shall promulgate rules establishing an administrative hearing procedure for individuals who are made subject to ...
