§15-12-1. Short Title
This article may be cited as the "Sex Offender Registration Act."
§15-12-10. Address and Online Information Verification
All registrants, including those for whom there has been no change in registration information since their initial registration or previous address verification, must report, in the month of their birth, or in the case of a sexually violent predator in the months of January, April, July and October, to the State Police detachment responsible for […]
§15-12-1a. Intent and Findings
(a) It is the intent of this article to assist law-enforcement agencies' efforts to protect the public from sex offenders by requiring sex offenders to register with the State Police detachment in the county where he or she shall reside and by making certain information about sex offenders available to the public as provided in […]
§15-12-2. Registration
(a) The provisions of this article apply both retroactively and prospectively. (b) Any person who has been convicted of an offense or an attempted offense or has been found not guilty by reason of mental illness, mental retardation, or addiction of an offense under any of the following provisions of this code or under a […]
§15-12-2a. Court Determination of Sexually Violent Predator
(a) The circuit court that has sentenced a person for the commission of a sexually violent offense or that has entered a judgment of acquittal of a charge of committing a sexually violent offense in which the defendant has been found not guilty by reason of mental illness, mental retardation or addiction shall make a […]
§15-12-2b. Creation of Sex Offender Registration Advisory Board
(a) There is hereby created within the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety a sex offender registration advisory board consisting of a minimum of five members appointed by the secretary of the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety. At least two of the members shall be experts in the field of the behavior […]
§15-12-3. Change in Registry Information
When any person required to register under this article changes his or her residence, address, place of employment or occupation, motor vehicle, trailer or motor home information required by section two of this article, or school or training facility which he or she is attending, or when any of the other information required by this […]
§15-12-3a. Petition for Removal of Sexually Violent Predator Designation
A proceeding seeking to remove a person's designation as a sexually violent predator may be initiated by the filing of a petition by the person so designated in the original sentencing court. The petition shall set forth that the underlying qualifying conviction has been reversed or vacated. Upon receipt of proof that no qualifying conviction […]
§15-12-4. Duration
(a) A person required to register under the terms of this article shall continue to comply with this section, except during ensuing periods of incarceration or confinement, until: (1) Ten years have elapsed since the person was released from prison, jail, or a mental health facility or 10 years have elapsed since the person was […]
§15-12-5. Distribution and Disclosure of Information; Community Information Programs by Prosecuting Attorney and State Police; Petition to Circuit Court
(a) Within five business days after receiving any notification as described in this article, the State Police shall distribute a copy of the notification statement to: (1) The supervisor of each county and municipal law-enforcement office and any campus police department in the city and county where the registrant resides, owns or leases habitable real […]
§15-12-6. Duties of Institution Officials
In addition to the duties imposed by sections two and four of this article, the official in charge of the place of confinement shall inform any person required to register under this article, before parole or release, of the duty to register. Further, the official shall obtain the full address of the person and a […]
§15-12-6a. Release of Information to the Sex Offender Registry
Upon the request of the West Virginia State Police, agencies in possession of records produced in conjunction with investigation, prosecution, adjudication, incarceration, probation, parole or presentence review of a sex offender and any other records produced in conjunction with a sex offense shall provide those records to the State Police.
§15-12-7. Information Shall Be Released When Person Moves Out of State
A person who is required to register pursuant to the provisions of this article, who intends to move to another state or country shall at least ten business days prior to such move notify the State Police of his or her intent to move and of the location to which he or she intends to […]
§15-12-8. Failure to Register or Provide Notice of Registration Changes; Penalty; Penalty for Aiding and Abetting
(a) Each time a person has a change in any of the registration information as required by this article and knowingly fails to register the change or changes, each failure to register each separate item of information changed shall constitute a separate offense under this section. (b) Except as provided in this section, any person […]
§15-12-9. Registration of Out-of-State Offenders
(a) When any probation or parole officer accepts supervision of and has legal authority over any person required to register under this article from another state under the terms and conditions of the uniform act for out-of-state parolee supervision established under article six, chapter twenty-eight of this code, the officer shall give the person written […]