Sex Offender Registration Facts

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In accordance with Megan's Law and The Jacob Wetterling Act, all 50 states are required to register sex offenders and perform community notification. However, each state differs in terms of how it administers its community notification process, what offenders are required to register, the duration of registration, what information is registered, how the information is shared, whether the public has access to the registry, who is granted access, methods of access, what information is shared - and that's just for starters.

Depending on the state, you may be able to obtain information from your state, city or county online registry, police department, sheriff's office, phone hotline or another agency in order to obtain information on specific offenders, information on all offenders in the state or a specific geographic location or you may be able to search the entire registry or part of it on such criteria as an offense type, physical characteristics, name, zip code and age.