Pennsylvania Code
Title 37 - LAW
Part I - State Police
Chapter 55 - ADMINISTRATION OF MEGAN'S LAW-NEIGHBOR NOTIFICATION
Section 55.4 - Definitions

Universal Citation: 37 PA Code ยง 55.4
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024

The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

Neighbor-For the purposes of 42 Pa.C.S. Chapter 97, Subchapter H (relating to registration of sexual offenders), those persons occupying both residences and places of employment located within a 250-foot radius of a sexually violent predator's residence, or the 25 most immediate residences and places of employment in proximity to the sexually violent predator's residence, whichever is greater.

Sexually violent predator-A person who has been convicted of a sexually violent offense as set forth in 42 Pa.C.S. § 9793(b) (relating to registration of certain offenders for ten years) and who is determined to be a sexually violent predator under 42 Pa.C.S. § 9794(e) (relating to designation of sexually violent predators) due to a mental abnormality or personality disorder that makes the person likely to engage in predatory sexually violent offenses.

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