Form Sp 4-218 - Sexual Offender Registration (Page 11 of 12) in pdf

You are required to register as a sexual offender because you have been convicted of a sexually violent offense, were

adjudicated delinquent of an offense requiring registration, or were required to register as a sex offender in another

jurisdiction? You will be notified by the Pennsylvania State Police when your registration period is over.

The following is a summary of the sexual offender registration requirements contained in Megan’s Law (42 Pa.C.S. Chapter

97, Subchapter H) that you must comply with:

You must register with the Pennsylvania State Police and furnish all registration information required by Megan’s Law,

including but not limited to: information about your residence, employment and school enrollment, vehicles owned or

operated by you, your photograph(s), your fingerprints (and palm prints), and your DNA sample. Depending on what you

have been convicted of (or how many convictions you have), you may be required to register up to your lifetime. Failing or

refusing to complete your initial registration or comply with any other provision of Megan’s Law at any other time

will subject you to arrest and felony prosecution pursuant to 18 Pa.C.S. § 4915.1.

In-person appearance to update information: You must appear in-person, within three (3) business days, at any approved

registration site to notify the Pennsylvania State Police of any of the following:

(1) Any change in name, including any alias.

(2) Any change in residence, including but not limited to: beginning to live in a residence, adding an additional residence,

moving out of a previously registered residence, or failing to have a residence (thereby becoming a transient, i.e., homeless).

(i) If you become a transient (homeless) you must provide a list of places where you eat, frequent, engage in leisure

activities and any planned destinations, including those outside this Commonwealth. If you change, add to, or remove any

of these places listed during a monthly reporting period, you must list these changes when verifying at the next monthly

reporting interval.

(3) Any change in employment, including but not limited to: beginning employment, adding additional employment or leaving

previously registered employment for any reason. If you are not employed at a fixed address (e.g. you have a delivery route),

you must report your general area of employment and employment-travel route(s) and any changes to them.

(4) Any enrollment as a student, including but not limited to: enrolling as a student, adding additional places of study or

termination of enrollment as a student.

(5) Any change in telephone number (including landline, cell phone or virtual), including but not limited to: obtaining a new

phone number, terminating your phone number or otherwise modifying your phone number.

(6) Any change in information related to any vehicle (including watercraft or aircraft) you own or operate, including but not

limited to: adding or terminating vehicle ownership or operation. This includes any change in the location where the vehicle

is stored or parked and any change in license plate number, registration numbers and other identifiers.

(7) Any temporary lodging information, including but not limited to: commencing temporary lodging, a change in temporary

lodging, or a termination of temporary lodging. You must provide the specific length of time and the dates during which you

will be temporarily lodged away from your registered residence(s) for seven (7) days or more.

(8) Any change in e-mail address, instant message address, or any other designations used in Internet communications or

postings (e.g. social networking sites, Internet message boards). This includes, but is not limited to, the addition, deletion or

modification of any Internet identifier.

(9) Any change in occupational or professional licensing information (e.g. car dealer, barber, realtor, etc.).

Shortly before your verification date, the Pennsylvania State Police will send a letter to your registered mailing address. This

letter will not be forwarded. Failure to receive this letter does not relieve you of your obligation to comply with the law.

Periodic verification of registration information is mandatory by all offenders as follows:

(1) A Tier I offender must appear in person at an approved registration site annually.

(2) A Tier II offender must appear in person at an approved registration site semiannually.

(3) A Tier III offender must appear in person at an approved registration site quarterly.

(4) A Sexually Violent Predator must appear in person at an approved registration site quarterly.

(5) A Juvenile offender or Sexually Violent Delinquent Child must appear in person at an approved registration site quarterly.

(6) A Transient (“homeless”) offender must appear in person at an approved registration site monthly.

If you begin to reside, work or go to school outside of Pennsylvania you must register with the appropriate law enforcement

agency in that other jurisdiction within three (3) business days of beginning to reside, work, or go to school there. You must

also appear at an Approved Registration Site and notify the Pennsylvania State Police in the manner described in paragraph

2(b).

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