2012 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 29 - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
29-4001.01 - Terms, defined.

29-4001.01 . Terms, defined.

For purposes of the Sex Offender Registration Act:

(1) Aggravated offense means any registrable offense under section 29-4003 which involves the penetration of, direct genital touching of, oral to anal contact with, or oral to genital contact with (a) a victim age thirteen years or older without the consent of the victim, (b) a victim under the age of thirteen years, or (c) a victim who the sex offender knew or should have known was mentally or physically incapable of resisting or appraising the nature of his or her conduct;

(2) Blog means a web site contained on the Internet that is created, maintained, and updated in a log, journal, diary, or newsletter format by an individual, group of individuals, or corporate entity for the purpose of conveying information or opinions to Internet users who visit their web site;

(3) Chat room means a web site or server space on the Internet or communication network primarily designated for the virtually instantaneous exchange of text or voice transmissions or computer file attachments amongst two or more computers or electronic communication device users;

(4) Chat room identifiers means the username, password, symbol, image, or series of symbols, letters, numbers, or text characters used by a chat room participant to identify himself or herself in a chat room or to identify the source of any content transmitted from a computer or electronic communication device to the web site or server space upon which the chat room is dedicated;

(5) DNA sample has the same meaning as in section 29-4103;

(6) Domain name means a series of text-based symbols, letters, numbers, or text characters used to provide recognizable names to numerically addressed Internet resources that are registered by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers;

(7) Email means the exchange of electronic text messages and computer file attachments between computers or other electronic communication devices over a communications network, such as a local area computer network or the Internet;

(8) Email address means the string of letters, numbers, and symbols used to specify the source or destination of an email message that is transmitted over a communication network;

(9) Habitual living location means any place that an offender may stay for a period of more than three days even though the sex offender maintains a separate permanent address or temporary domicile;

(10) Instant messaging means a direct, dedicated, and private communication service, accessed with a computer or electronic communication device, that enables a user of the service to send and receive virtually instantaneous text transmissions or computer file attachments to other selected users of the service through the Internet or a computer communications network;

(11) Instant messaging identifiers means the username, password, symbol, image, or series of symbols, letters, numbers, images, or text characters used by an instant messaging user to identify their presence to other instant messaging users or the source of any content sent from their computer or electronic communication device to another instant messaging user;

(12) Minor means a person under eighteen years of age;

(13) Social networking web site means a web page or collection of web sites contained on the Internet (a) that enables users or subscribers to create, display, and maintain a profile or Internet domain containing biographical data, personal information, photos, or other types of media, (b) that can be searched, viewed, or accessed by other users or visitors to the web site, with or without the creator's permission, consent, invitation, or authorization, and (c) that may permit some form of communication, such as direct comment on the profile page, instant messaging, or email, between the creator of the profile and users who have viewed or accessed the creator's profile;

(14) State DNA Data Base means the data base established pursuant to section 29-4104; and

(15) Temporary domicile means any place at which the person actually lives or stays for a period of at least three working days.