Code of Massachusetts Regulations
803 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION SERVICES
Title 803 CMR 1.00 - Sex Offender Registry Board, Registration, Classification and Dissemination
Section 1.27 - Sex Offender Internet Database

Universal Citation: 803 MA Code of Regs 803.1

Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024

(1) The information contained in the Sex Offender Internet Database, or website, pursuant to M.G.L. c. 6 §§ 178D and 178K(2), will be created and updated on a regular basis from the Sex Offender Registry, but must be kept physically separate from the Sex Offender Registry.

(2) The information contained in the Sex Offender Internet Database must not include the following information:

(a) pertaining to unclassified or Level 1 sex offenders and any Level 2 sex offender finally classified prior to July 12, 2013;

(b) identifying victims' names, addresses or relation to Level 2 and Level 3 sex offenders; and

(c) relating to requests for registration data under sections M.G.L. c. 6, §§ 1781 and 178J.

(3) Pursuant to M.G.L. c. 6, § 178N, the Sex Offender Internet Database shall include a warning explaining the criminal penalties for use of sex offender registry information to commit a crime or to engage in illegal discrimination or harassment of a sex offender and the punishment for threatening to commit a crime under M.G.L. c. 275, § 4.

(4) The Board shall develop and implement policies, procedures, and protocols to update and maintain the Sex Offender Internet Database in order to:

(a) validate the accuracy, integrity, and security of information contained in the Sex Offender Internet Database;

(b) ensure the prompt and complete removal from the Sex Offender Internet Database of registration data for sex offenders whose duty to register has terminated or expired under M.G.L. c. 6, §§ 178G, 178L, or 178M or any other law or order of any Court; and

(c) protect against the inaccurate, improper, or inadvertent publication of registration information on the Internet.

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