Section 15-20A-1 – Short Title.
Section 15-20A-1 Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Act. (Act 2011-640, p. 1569, §1.)
Section 15-20A-10 – Adult Sex Offender – Registration With Local Law Enforcement; Residence Restrictions.
Section 15-20A-10 Adult sex offender – Registration with local law enforcement; residence restrictions. (a)(1) Immediately upon release from incarceration, or immediately upon conviction if the adult sex offender is not incarcerated, the adult sex offender shall appear in person and register all required registration information with local law enforcement in each county in which the […]
Section 15-20A-11 – Adult Sex Offender – Prohibited Residence Locations, Etc.
Section 15-20A-11 Adult sex offender – Prohibited residence locations, etc. (a) No adult sex offender shall establish a residence or maintain a residence after release or conviction within 2,000 feet of the property on which any school, childcare facility, or resident camp facility is located unless otherwise exempted pursuant to Sections 15-20A-23 and 15-20A-24. For […]
Section 15-20A-12 – Adult Sex Offender – Homelessness.
Section 15-20A-12 Adult sex offender – Homelessness. (a) An adult sex offender who no longer has a fixed residence shall be considered homeless and shall appear in person and report such change in fixed residence to local law enforcement where he or she is located immediately upon such change in fixed residence. (b) In addition […]
Section 15-20A-13 – Adult Sex Offender – Employment Restrictions.
Section 15-20A-13 Adult sex offender – Employment restrictions. (a) No adult sex offender shall accept or maintain employment or a volunteer position at any school, childcare facility, mobile vending business that provides services primarily to children, or any other business or organization that provides services primarily to children, or any amusement or water park. (b) […]
Section 15-20A-14 – Adult Sex Offender – Requirements Upon Entering State.
Section 15-20A-14 Adult sex offender – Requirements upon entering state. (a) Any adult sex offender who declares he or she is entering the state to establish a residence or who enters this state to establish a residence shall immediately appear in person and register all required registration information with local law enforcement in the county […]
Section 15-20A-15 – Adult Sex Offender – Travel.
Section 15-20A-15 Adult sex offender – Travel. (a) Immediately before an adult sex offender temporarily leaves his or her county of residence for a period of three or more consecutive days, the adult sex offender shall report in person to the sheriff in each county of residence and complete and sign a travel notification document. […]
Section 15-20A-16 – Adult Sex Offender – Contact With Former Victims.
Section 15-20A-16 Adult sex offender – Contact with former victims. (a) No adult sex offender shall contact, directly or indirectly, in person or through others, by phone, mail, or electronic means, any former victim. (b) No adult sex offender shall knowingly come within 100 feet of a former victim. (c) No sex offender shall make […]
Section 15-20A-17 – Adult Sex Offender – Loitering in Certain Areas; Requirements for Entering K-12 School Property or Attending K-12 School Events.
Section 15-20A-17 Adult sex offender – Loitering in certain areas; requirements for entering K-12 school property or attending K-12 school events. (a)(1) No adult sex offender, after having been convicted of a sex offense involving a minor, shall loiter on or within 500 feet of the property line of any property on which there is […]
Section 15-20A-18 – Adult Sex Offender – Identification Requirements.
Section 15-20A-18 Adult sex offender – Identification requirements. (a) Every adult sex offender who is a resident of this state shall obtain from the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, and always have in his or her possession, a valid driver license or identification card issued by the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency. If any adult […]
Section 15-20A-19 – Adult Sex Offender – Sexually Violent Predator.
Section 15-20A-19 Adult sex offender – Sexually violent predator. (a) The state, upon conviction and prior to sentencing, may petition the sentencing court to enter an order declaring a person convicted in this state of a sexually violent or predatory offense as a sexually violent predator. (b) At sentencing, a court may declare a person […]
Section 15-20A-2 – Legislative Findings.
Section 15-20A-2 Legislative findings. The Legislature makes all of the following findings: (1) Registration and notification laws are a vital concern as the number of sex offenders continues to rise. The increasing numbers coupled with the danger of recidivism place society at risk. Registration and notification laws strive to reduce these dangers by increasing public […]
Section 15-20A-20 – Adult Sex Offender – Electronic Monitoring.
Section 15-20A-20 Adult sex offender – Electronic monitoring. (a) The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall implement a system of active and passive electronic monitoring that identifies the location of a monitored person and that can produce upon request reports or records of the person’s presence near or within a crime scene or prohibited area, […]
Section 15-20A-21 – Adult Sex Offender – Community Notification.
Section 15-20A-21 Adult sex offender – Community notification. (a) Immediately upon the release of an adult sex offender or immediately upon notice of where the adult sex offender plans to establish, or has established a fixed residence, the following procedures shall apply: (1) In the Cities of Birmingham, Mobile, Huntsville, and Montgomery, the chief of […]
Section 15-20A-22 – Adult Sex Offender – Registration Fee.
Section 15-20A-22 Adult sex offender – Registration fee. (a) An adult sex offender shall pay a registration fee in the amount of ten dollars ($10) to each registering agency where the adult sex offender resides beginning with the first quarterly registration on or after July 1, 2011, and at each quarterly registration thereafter. (b) Each […]
Section 15-20A-23 – Adult Sex Offender – Relief From Residency Restriction.
Section 15-20A-23 Adult sex offender – Relief from residency restriction. (a) A sex offender required to register under this chapter may petition the court for relief from the residency restriction pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 15-20A-11 during the time a sex offender is terminally ill or permanently immobile, or the sex offender has a […]
Section 15-20A-24 – Adult Sex Offender – Relief From Registration and Notification.
Section 15-20A-24 Adult sex offender – Relief from registration and notification. (a) At disposition, sentencing, upon completion of probation, or upon completion of a term of registration ordered by the sentencing court, a sex offender may petition the court for relief from the requirements of this chapter resulting from any of the following offenses, provided […]
Section 15-20A-25 – Adult Sex Offender – Relief From Employment Restriction.
Section 15-20A-25 Adult sex offender – Relief from employment restriction. (a) A sex offender may petition at sentencing, or if after sentencing, a sex offender may file a petition in the civil division of the circuit court in the county where the sex offender seeks to accept or maintain employment for relief from the employment […]
Section 15-20A-26 – Juvenile Sex Offender – Treatment; Risk Assessment.
Section 15-20A-26 Juvenile sex offender – Treatment; risk assessment. (a) Upon adjudication of delinquency for a sex offense, a juvenile sex offender shall be required to receive sex offender treatment by a sex offender treatment program or provider approved by the Department of Youth Services. (b) Upon completion of sex offender treatment, the juvenile sex […]
Section 15-20A-27 – Juvenile Sex Offender – Community Notification.
Section 15-20A-27 Juvenile sex offender – Community notification. (a) In determining whether to apply notification requirements to a juvenile sex offender, the sentencing court shall consider any of the following factors relevant to the risk of re-offense: (1) Conditions of release that minimize the risk of re-offense, including, but not limited to, whether the juvenile […]