Current through December 26, 2024
(1) The officer or employee responsible for
supervising a sexual offender who is, or has been, released on probation,
parole, or any other alternative to incarceration shall:
(a) Obtain the offender's signed statement
acknowledging that the named officer or employee has obtained the offender's
anticipated residential address and completed the following tasks:
1. Explained the registration and
verification requirements and sanctions of the program, and the offender
understands; and
2. Provided the
offender with a blank TBI sexual offender registration/ monitoring form and
assisted the offender in completion of the form.
(b) Obtain a current photograph of the
offender; and
(c) Deliver the
sexual offender registration forms, acknowledgment statements and photographs
to the TBI CIU at headquarters in Nashville within three (3) business days
following receipt.
(2)
The warden of the correctional facility or sheriff of the jail from which a
sexual offender is released from incarceration, with or without supervision,
within at least ninety (90) days prior to the release of the offender shall:
(a) Obtain the offender's signed statement
acknowledging that the named warden or sheriff, or an agent of the warden or
sheriff, has fully explained, and the offender understands, the registration
and verification requirements and sanctions of the monitoring
process;
(b) Include the offender's
anticipated residential address on the acknowledgment form; and
(c) Deliver the completed acknowledgment form
and photograph to the TBI CIU at headquarters in Nashville within three (3)
business days prior to the release of the offender.
(3) If an offender is placed on unsupervised
probation, the court shall:
(a) Obtain the
offender's signed statement acknowledging that the court has fully explained,
and the offender understands, the registration and verification requirements
and sanctions of the monitoring process;
(b) Include the offender's anticipated
residential address on the acknowledgment form;
(c) Provide the offender with a blank TBI
sexual offender registration/ monitoring form and assist the offender in the
completion of the form;
(d) Obtain
a current photograph of the offender; and
(e) Send the signed and completed
acknowledgment form, the sexual offender registration form and the photograph
of the offender to the TBI CIU at headquarters in Nashville within three (3)
business days following receipt.
(4) Sexual offender registration/ monitoring
forms and verification/ monitoring forms shall be designed, printed and
distributed by and at the expense of TBI. Sexual offender registration/
monitoring forms shall be available from local law enforcement agencies, the
TBI, the Tennessee department of correction, the Tennessee department of
safety, and parole officers, probation officers, and other public officers and
employees assigned responsibility for the supervised release of convicted
felons into the community. The TBI recommends that local law enforcement
agencies adopt policies regarding the location of such forms within the
agencies in order to ensure their availability.
(a) Copies of the Sexual Offender Release
Notification forms (BI-0126) and Sexual Offender Registration forms (BI-0125)
may be obtained from the TBI Sex Offender Registry program in the following
ways:
1. By contacting:
Tennessee Internet Criminal Information Center Hotline
1-888-837-4170
2. By faxing a request to:
TBI Sex Offender Registry
(615)532-8315
3. By sending a written request to:
TBI Sex Offender Registry
901 R.S. Gass Boulevard
Nashville, Tennessee 37216-2639
(b) All questions concerning the Sex Offender
Registry Program should be addressed to the following location:
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
Criminal Intelligence Unit
Sex Offender Registry
901 R.S. Gass Boulevard
Nashville, Tennessee 37216-2639
(888)837-4170
Authority: T.C.A. § 40-39-105.
