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RSA 651-B:5 · Change of Registration Information; Duty to Inform

Title
LXII: CRIMINAL CODE
Chapter
651-B · REGISTRATION OF CRIMINAL OFFENDERS
Status
current
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651-B:5 Change of Registration Information; Duty to Inform. –

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I.

When there is a change to any of the information that a sexual offender or offender against children is required to report pursuant to this chapter, the offender shall give written notification of the new information to the local law enforcement agency to which he or she last reported under RSA 651-B:4 within 5 business days of such change of information. In addition, any time a sex offender or offender against children changes residence, employment, or schooling, the offender shall report in person to the local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the offender's previous place of residence, place of employment, or school within 5 business days. The local law enforcement agency receiving notice of the change of registration information shall forward a copy to the division within 5 days after receipt. The division shall notify the local law enforcement agency at the new place of residence, place of employment, or school, or the appropriate out-of-state law enforcement agency if the new place of residence, place of employment, or school is outside New Hampshire. The division shall include any new information in the SOR system.

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II.

Upon receipt of notice that an offender has changed residence, employment, or schooling to a place outside New Hampshire, the division shall notify the appropriate out-of-state law enforcement agency of that information. Within 10 business days after reporting the change of residence, employment, or schooling to the New Hampshire law enforcement agency, the offender shall report to the appropriate out-of-state law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the new place of residence, place of employment, or school. If the offender fails to report to the appropriate out-of-state law enforcement agency the division shall maintain the offender's information in the SOR system.

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III.

The local law enforcement agency in the city or town where the offender resides may notify the superintendent of the school administrative unit and the principal of any school within its jurisdiction of a new place of residence, a change of name, or a change of an alias, of a person required to be registered under this chapter. Source. 1996, 293:1. 1999, 160:2. 2001, 233:2. 2002, 241:4. 2006, 327:8. 2007, 319:3. 2008, 334:4, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

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Source note

Source. 1996, 293:1. 1999, 160:2. 2001, 233:2. 2002, 241:4. 2006, 327:8. 2007, 319:3. 2008, 334:4, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

Source history

  • 1996, 293:1
  • 1999, 160:2
  • 2001, 233:2
  • 2002, 241:4
  • 2006, 327:8
  • 2007, 319:3
  • 2008, 334:4, eff. Jan. 1, 2009

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    serting after paragraph I the following new paragraph: I-a. A person commits a violation if he or she, while being required to register as a tier II or tier III offender under RSA 651-B as a result of a sexual offense against a child under 13 years of age, knowingly appears within 1,000 feet of any of the following places under circumstances that warrant alarm for the safety of persons in the vicinity:

  • 2026 HB1302 reference

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