Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a)
Any incarcerated or supervised person who is required to register pursuant to
Penal Code (PC) section
290 et seq. shall register with
the Chief of Police of the city in which they are residing, or the Sheriff of
the county if they are residing in an unincorporated area or city that has no
police department. The incarcerated or supervised person shall also register
with the Chief of Police of a campus of the University of California, the
California State University, or community college if they are residing upon the
campus or in any of its facilities. The incarcerated or supervised person shall
meet these registration requirements within five working days of coming into,
or changing their residence within, any city, county, or city and county, or
campus in which they temporarily resides.
(1)
If the person who is registering has more than one residence address at which
they regularly resides, they shall register in each of the jurisdictions in
which they regularly resides, regardless of the number of days or nights spent
there. If all of the addresses are within the same jurisdiction, the supervised
person shall provide the registering authority with all of the addresses where
they regularly resides.
(2)
Beginning on their first birthday following registration or change of address,
the person shall register annually, within five working days of their birthday,
to update their registration(s). At the annual update, a sex offender
registrant shall provide current information as required by the Department of
Justice annual update forms and PC section 290.012.
(3) The registration requirement shall be for
life.
(b) Sexually
Violent Predators:
(1) Every person who has
been adjudicated a sexually violent predator as defined in section
6600
of the Welfare and Institutions Code, shall, after their release from custody,
verify their residence and employment addresses at least once every 90 days,
including the name of the employer and the place of employment.
(2) Any person who has ever been adjudicated
a sexually violent predator, and who fails to verify their registration at
least every 90 days is subject to imprisonment in the state prison, or in the
county jail not to exceed one year.
(c) Definitions: For the purpose of this
section, the following terms are defined:
(1)
Transient means a person who has no residence.
(2) Residence means one or more addresses at
which a person regularly resides, regardless of the number of days or nights
spent there, such as a shelter or structure that can be located by a street
address, including, but not limited to, houses, apartment buildings, motels,
hotels, homeless shelters, and recreational and other vehicles.
(d) Transient supervised persons
required to register pursuant to PC Section
290 et seq:
(1) Following Release: A transient must
register, or re-register if the person has previously registered, within five
working days after release from incarceration, placement or commitment, or
release on probation, except that if the person previously registered as a
transient less than 30 days from the date of his or her release from
incarceration, he or she does not need to re-register as a transient until his
or her next required 30-day re-registration. If a transient is not physically
present in any one jurisdiction for five consecutive working days, he or she
must register or re-register in the jurisdiction in which he or she is
physically present on the fifth working day following release.
(2) Re-Register: Beginning on or before the
30th day following initial registration upon release, a transient must
re-register and continue to re-register, at least once every 30 days. A
transient must re-register at least once every 30 days regardless of the length
of time he or she has been physically present in the particular jurisdiction in
which he or she re-registers. A transient shall re-register with the Chief of
Police of the city in which he or she is physically present within that 30-day
period, or the Sheriff of the county if he or she is physically present in an
unincorporated area or city that has no police department, and additionally,
with the Chief of Police of a campus of the University of California, the
California State University, or community college if he or she is physically
present upon the campus or present in any of its facilities.
(3) Failure to Re-Register: If a transient
fails to re-register within any 30-day period, he or she is subject to
prosecution in any jurisdiction in which he or she is physically present.
Willful failure to re-register within any 30-day period is a misdemeanor, and
under some circumstances specified in PC section 290.018(g), is a
felony.
(4) Annual Update:
Beginning on his or her first birthday following registration, a transient
shall register annually within five working days of his or her birthday, to
update his or her registration with the law enforcement agency or agencies
having jurisdiction over the place in which he or she is physically present on
that date.
(5) Required
Information: A transient shall, upon registration, 30-day re-registration, and
the annual update, provide current information as required on the Department of
Justice registration forms, including the information required by PC section
290.015(a), and shall also list the places where he or she sleeps, eats, works,
frequents, and engages in leisure activities. If a transient changes or adds to
the places listed on the form during a 30-day re-registration period, he or she
does not need to report the new place or places until the next required
registration.
(6) Move to
Residence: A transient who moves to a residence shall have five working days
within which to register at that address.
(7) Becomes Transient: A person registered at
a residence address who becomes transient shall have five working days within
which to register or re-register as a transient.
(e) Providing Proof of Registration, Changes
and Updates: Every person released on parole who is required to register as a
sex offender shall provide proof of registration to his or her parole agent
within six working days of release on parole. The six-day period for providing
proof of registration may be extended but only upon determination by the parole
agent that unusual circumstances exist relating to the availability of local
law enforcement registration capability that preclude that person's ability to
meet the deadline.
(1) Every supervised person
who is required to register as a sex offender who makes a change or update to
their registration information shall provide proof of any change or update to
their parole agent within five working days of making the change or update with
the Chief of Police or County Sheriff and if applicable, with the Campus Police
Chief.
(2) A parole agent who
supervises a supervised person who is required to register as a sex offender
shall inform that supervised person of the supervised person's duties under
this subsection no fewer than six days prior to the date on which proof of
registration is to be provided to the parole agent.
(3) For the purpose of this section, proof of
registration means a photocopy of the actual registration form.
Note: Authority cited: Section
5058, Penal
Code. Reference: Sections
290,
290.010,
290.011,
290.012,
290.013,
290.015,
290.85 and
5054, Penal
Code.
Note: Authority cited: Section
5058, Penal
Code. Reference: Sections
290,
290.010,
290.011,
290.012,
290.013,
290.015,
290.85 and
5054, Penal
Code.
